Ferenc Molnár

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Also known as (12 names)

he: מולנאר, פרנץ
–: F. Molnar · Ferencz Molnar · Ferents Molnar · Ferenz Molnár · Francisco Molnar · Francisko Molnár · Franz Molnar · Franz de Molnar · MOLNAR, FERENC · Molnar, Franz · פרנץ מולנר

Born: 1878-01-12
Born (as recorded): January 12, 1878
Place of birth: Budapest
Died: 1952-04-01
Died (as recorded): April 1, 1952
Place of death: New York
Place of death (as recorded): New York, NY
Occupation: Schriftsteller · Dramatiker
Occupation (as recorded): Schriftsteller · Dramatiker

(1878–1952), playwright, novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. The son of a hard-working Budapest physician, Ferenc Molnár grew up in a typical assimilated middle-class household. He became an international celebrity at a fairly young age, one of the very few Hungarian writers to have achieved that status in the twentieth century. In phenomenally successful plays such as Az ördög (The Devil; 1907), Liliom (1909), A testőr (The Guardsman; 1910), and Játék a kestélyban (The Play’s the Thing; 1926), he popularized, and in a sense vulgarized, the techniques and assumptions of the naturalist, impressionist, and symbolist theater, and revitalized the conventions of the nineteenth-century French drawing room comedy. Molnár was a consummate craftsman, a master of dialogue, pacing, and plot construction. Though far more than an entertainer, he failed whenever he tried to write “serious,” morally weighty dramas. Molnár scored his greatest successes abroad as a playwright; his many prose works, including brilliant sketches and humorous pieces, are less well-known outside of Hungary, although A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys; 1907) remains a juvenile classic in a number of European countries.

Ungarischer Schriftsteller, Exil in den USA

Identifiers

GND: 118734598
Library of Congress: n79075547 id · n79075547 id
VIAF: 12312633 · 12312633
Wikidata: Q296809
catalogue.bnf.fr: cb119164505 catalogue
de.wikipedia.org: Ferenc_Molnár de
de.wikisource.org: Ferenc_Molnár de
en.wikipedia.org: Ferenc_Molnár en
isni.org: 0000000080911269
kalliope-verbund.info: 118734598
kulturportal-west-ost.eu: molnar-franz
www.archivportal-d.de: 118734598
www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de: 118734598
www.filmportal.de: 91B82F55626742B0A91634E5EBFE90EA

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מולנר, פרנץ

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22 statements

birth date: 1878-01-12
normalised birth date: 1878-01-12
birth location: Budapest
birth location URI: Budapest
death date: 1952-04-01
normalised death date: 1952-04-01
death location: New York
dcterms:source: datasets/nli-persons
alternative label: MOLNAR, FERENC
alternative label: Molnar, Franz
alternative label: מולנאר, פרנץ @he
skos:note: א. שאנן, מלון הספרות החדשה, תל אביב, תשי"ט. ע' 441-442.
skos:note: היגר לארצות הברית בשנת תש"י [1950].
skos:note: מקום לידה: Budapest
skos:note: מקום לידה: בודאפשט
skos:note: מקום פטירה: New York
skos:note: מקום פטירה: ניו-יורק
skos:note: תאריך לידה עברי: ח שבט תרל"ח [12.1.1878]
skos:note: תאריך פטירה עברי: ו ניסן תשי"ב [1.4.1952].
preferred label: Molnar, Ferenc
preferred label: מולנר, פרנץ @he
foaf:gender: male

Ferenc Molnár

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27 statements

gnd identifier: 118734598
birth date: January 12, 1878
normalised birth date: 1878-01-12
birth location: Budapest
birth location URI: Budapest
death date: April 1, 1952
normalised death date: 1952-04-01
death location: New York, NY
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has abstract: Ungarischer Schriftsteller, Exil in den USA @de
occupation: Dramatiker
occupation: Schriftsteller
occupation URI: Dramatiker
occupation URI: Schriftsteller
alternative label: F. Molnar
alternative label: Ferenc Molnar
alternative label: Ferencz Molnar
alternative label: Ferencz Molnár
alternative label: Ferents Molnar
alternative label: Ferenz Molnár
alternative label: Francisco Molnar
alternative label: Francisko Molnár
alternative label: Franz Molnar
alternative label: Franz Molnár
alternative label: Franz de Molnar
alternative label: פרנץ מולנר
preferred label: Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár

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12 statements

gnd identifier: 118734598
birth date: 1878-01-12
normalised birth date: 1878-01-12
birth location: Budapest
death date: 1952-04-01
normalised death date: 1952-04-01
death location: New York
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has abstract: Ungar. Schriftsteller, Exil in den USA
created: 2025-03-21T14:05:31.597201
preferred label: Ferenc Molnár
foaf:name: Ferenc Molnár

Molnár, Ferenc

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described at: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Molnar_Ferenc
has abstract: (1878–1952), playwright, novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. The son of a hard-working Budapest physician, Ferenc Molnár grew up in a typical assimilated middle-class household. He became an international celebrity at a fairly young age, one of the very few Hungarian wr…
(1878–1952), playwright, novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. The son of a hard-working Budapest physician, Ferenc Molnár grew up in a typical assimilated middle-class household. He became an international celebrity at a fairly young age, one of the very few Hungarian writers to have achieved that status in the twentieth century. In phenomenally successful plays such as Az ördög (The Devil; 1907), Liliom (1909), A testőr (The Guardsman; 1910), and Játék a kestélyban (The Play’s the Thing; 1926), he popularized, and in a sense vulgarized, the techniques and assumptions of the naturalist, impressionist, and symbolist theater, and revitalized the conventions of the nineteenth-century French drawing room comedy. Molnár was a consummate craftsman, a master of dialogue, pacing, and plot construction. Though far more than an entertainer, he failed whenever he tried to write “serious,” morally weighty dramas. Molnár scored his greatest successes abroad as a playwright; his many prose works, including brilliant sketches and humorous pieces, are less well-known outside of Hungary, although A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys; 1907) remains a juvenile classic in a number of European countries.
title: Molnár, Ferenc
alternative label: Ferenc Molnár
preferred label: Molnár, Ferenc
has related: Assimilation
has related: Budapest
has related: About this Article (Hungary)

History

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