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Ferenc Molnár

1878 - 1952

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Ferenc Molnár (US: FERR-ents MOHL-nar, -⁠ənts -⁠, -⁠ MAWL-, Hungarian: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈmolnaːr]; born Ferenc Neumann; January 12, 1878 – April 1, 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary's most celebrated and controversial playwright. His primary aim through his writing was to entertain by transforming his personal experiences into literary works of art. He never connected to any one literary movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Molnár has received more than 276,362 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ferenc Molnár is the 588th most popular writer (up from 704th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Ferenc Molnár is most famous for his play Liliom, which is about a man who falls in love with a young woman who is engaged to another man.

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  • 65.03

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Molnár ranks 588 out of 5,755. Before him are Pietro Metastasio, Gustav Meyrink, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Eduardo Galeano, Philip Larkin, and Thomas Wolfe. After him are Ausonius, Tirso de Molina, Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, and Michael Crichton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Ferenc Molnár ranks 15. Before him are André Citroën, Pancho Villa, Robert Walser, Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, and Alfred Döblin. After him are Paul Reynaud, Milan Nedić, Iwane Matsui, Gustav Radbruch, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, and Shigeru Yoshida. Among people deceased in 1952, Ferenc Molnár ranks 17. Before him are Benedetto Croce, Walter Schellenberg, Elena of Montenegro, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Sven Hedin, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan. After him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jürgen Stroop, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Robert Guérin.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Molnár ranks 65 out of 866. Before him are Béla Guttmann (1899), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), Marcel Breuer (1902), and Marie Henriette of Austria (1836). After him are Arthur Koestler (1905), Géza II of Hungary (1130), János Áder (1959), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), and Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (940).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Molnár ranks 5. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), Ágota Kristóf (1935), and Sándor Petőfi (1823). After him are Arthur Koestler (1905), Felix Salten (1869), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), Magda Szabó (1917), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Béla Balázs (1884).

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