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Ferenc Molnár

1906

The grund . . . You handsome and robust country lads of the wide-open spaces, who need only step outside your doors to be close to limitless meadows, under a marvelous vast canopy of blue; you whose eyes have grown accustomed to great distances; you who are not trapped in tenements—you cannot possibly know what a vacant lot means to a city-bred…

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Ferenc Molnár

1878–1952

Born to a middle-class family in Budapest, Ferenc Molnár studied law before beginning his writing career. He published his first works at age nineteen, and during World War I, he served as a war correspondent. Primarily known as a playwright, Molnár achieved a great deal of success with his plays, several of which were translated and performed, to good reviews, for German- and English-speaking audiences. In the original Hungarian, Molnár’s language is often bitingly cynical, although adaptations of his work tend to emphasize the romantic aspects of his plots.

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