WRITER

Lajos Zilahy

1891 - 1974

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Lajos Zilahy (27 March 1891 − 1 December 1974) was a Hungarian novelist and playwright. Born in Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary (now Salonta, Romania), he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, in which he was wounded on the Eastern Front – an experience which later informed his bestselling novel Two Prisoners (Két fogoly). He was also active in film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lajos Zilahy has received more than 50,143 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Lajos Zilahy is the 1,782nd most popular writer (down from 1,622nd in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Romania (down from 113th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lajos Zilahy ranks 1,782 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasyl Stus, John Banville, Patricia Cornwell, Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, and Juan Donoso Cortés. After him are Antonio de Nebrija, Gottfried von Strassburg, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Augusto Boal, Michel Zevaco, and Robert Silverberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Lajos Zilahy ranks 61. Before him are John Heartfield, Hu Shih, Jacques Lipchitz, Hans F. K. Günther, Johannes R. Becher, and Oswald Boelcke. After him are Lilya Brik, Poul Nielsen, Gio Ponti, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Dimitrije Ljotić, and Henry Morgenthau Jr.. Among people deceased in 1974, Lajos Zilahy ranks 61. Before him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, James J. Braddock, Jean Absil, Vasily Shukshin, and Otto Braun. After him are Junio Valerio Borghese, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Jean Wahl, Anne Sexton, Christine Chubbuck, and Ed Sullivan.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Lajos Zilahy ranks 117 out of 844. Before him are Arnold Hauser (1892), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), Artur Phleps (1881), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Petre Roman (1946), and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854). After him are Victor Stănculescu (1928), Vlad Călugărul (1425), Armand Călinescu (1893), Michael I Apafi (1632), Serge Moscovici (1925), and Ion Creangă (1837).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Lajos Zilahy ranks 13. Before him are Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), and Ion Luca Caragiale (1852). After him are Ion Creangă (1837), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Dora d'Istria (1828), Marthe Bibesco (1886), and János Arany (1817).

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