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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-, 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 ...

  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. 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.

  4. Jan 12, 2020 · Learn about the life and works of Ferenc Molnár, the most well-known Hungarian playwright in the world and the author of The Paul Street Boys. Discover how he depicted the middle classes, the lies and the truth in his comedies and satires.

  5. 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 celebrated and controversial playwright.

  6. yivoencyclopedia.org › article › Molnar_FerencYIVO | Molnár, Ferenc

    (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.

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  8. Jul 22, 2009 · A Posthumous Dispute Over a Writer’s Legacy. Ferenc Molnar, right, with Ingrid Bergman and Burgess Meredith at a 1940 rehearsal of “Liliom” in New York. Bettmann/Corbis.