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  2. Ferenc Molnár (born January 12, 1878, Budapest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary—died April 1, 1952, New York City, New York, U.S.) was a Hungarian playwright and novelist who was known for his plays about the contemporary salon life of Budapest and for his moving short stories.

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  3. Molnár's plays continue to be performed world-wide. His national and international fame has inspired many Hungarian playwrights, including Elemér Boross, László Fodor , Lajos Bíró , László Bús-Fekete [ de ] , Ernő Vajda , Attila Orbók, and Imre Földes, among others.

  4. Jan 12, 2020 · As a playwright, Molnár used the triggers of emotional manipulation very consciously in the theatre: he was inspired by the works of international talents like Wilde, Schnitzler, Maeterlinck and Bernstein, and always merged what he had learnt into his signature comedies.

  5. Sep 21, 2024 · Hungarian playwright, whose ingeniously constructed boulevard dramas effectively combine romantic feeling with lightly cynical realism. Born at Budapest, Molnár studied law but in 1896 became a journalist and was soon drawn to the theatre.

  6. Ferenc Molnár, often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage director, dramatist, and poet. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most celeb...

  7. 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.

  8. Whenever Ferenc Molnar, the Hungarian playwright, is discussed, his name is associated with bons mots, a mondaine psychology, and a kind of sentimentality in which wistfulness and artificial fantasy mingle with love-making rather than with love.