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  1. Ferenc Molnár (US: / ˌ f ɛr ɛ n t s ˈ m oʊ l n ɑːr,-r ə n t s-,-ˈ m ɔː l-/ FERR-ents MOHL-nar, -⁠ənts -⁠, -⁠ MAWL-, [2] [3] [4] 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. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most celebrated ...

  2. Jan 12, 2020 · The Hungarian playwright was born 142 years ago. Ferenc Molnár (originally Ferenc Neumann) was born into an upper middle class family in Budapest on 12 January 1878. After graduating from Lónyai Utca Reformed High School in 1895, his parents convinced him to study law in Geneva, but he turned his back on his university studies at 22 to ...

  3. MOLNÁR, FERENC (originally Neumann , 1878–1952), Hungarian playwright and novelist. Born in Budapest, Molnár's first novel, Az éhes város ("The Hungry City," 1900) was a historical picture of Budapest, and particularly of its Jewish quarter. The children's story, A Pál utcai fiúk (1907; The Paul Street Boys, 1927), was Molnár's ...

  4. (1878–1952). Hungarian playwright and novelist Ferenc Molnár is known for his plays about the contemporary salon life of Budapest and for his moving short stories. He often depicted the victory of evil, of egoism, and of immorality, but these elements were offset by his light, amusing touch. Molnár was born on Jan. 12, 1878, in Budapest ...

  5. Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian Playwright It should be recalled that the history of the Hungarian theater had its share of hardships and glorious efforts. The first Hungarian theatrical company started in 1790 in Buda, of which Laszlo Kelemen was the director. This theater functioned for six years. The first permanent

  6. Ferenc Molnár : The Play's the Thing . Reproduced from "The Grapevine" - used with permission. Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952), probably the greatest playwright to come out of Hungary, was celebrated all over the world at the height of his fame in the 1920s and 30s, but is now best remembered in the West for the play - Liliom - on which Rodgers - Hammerstein's Carousel is based, and for ...

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  8. Ferenc Molnár (in Hungarian ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈmolnaːr/; born Ferenc Neumann; January 12, 1878April 1, 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage director, dramatist, and poet. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most celebrated and controversial playwright.

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