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Mór Jókai
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Hungarian writer (1825–1904)
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Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary (now Komarno, Slovakia)
Móric Jókay de Ásva (known as Mór Jókai; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mór Jókai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1825-02-18 ) 18 February 1825, Komárom , Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Komárno , Slovakia)
- Died
- 5 May 1904 (1904-05-05) (aged 79), Budapest , Austria-Hungary
- Resting place
- Kerepesi Cemetery
- Occupation
- Author
- Language
- Hungarian
- Literary movement
- Neo-romanticism
- Notable works
- The Man with the Golden Touch ( Az aranyember ), The Heartless Man's Sons ( A kőszívű ember fiai )
- Spouse
- Róza Laborfalvi (1848–1886), Bella Nagy (1899–1904)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Komárno
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Spouse
- Bella Nagy
- Occupation
- journalist
- Political party
- Liberal Party
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Notable work
- The Man with the Golden Touch
- Image
- Mór Jókai.jpg
- Work location
- Budapest
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- date of birth
- 1825-02-18
- date of death
- 1904-05-05
- Commons Creator page
- Mór Jókai
- member of
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- birth name
- Ásvay Jókay Móric
- name in native language
- Jókai Mór
- place of burial
- Fiume Road Graveyard
- writing language
- Hungarian
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Mór Jókai, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jókai in 1854; lithograph by Miklós Barabás Móricz Jókay of Ásva [ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒi] (18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jókai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. His romantic novels became widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, where he was often compared to Charles Dickens by the press. One of his most famous admirers was Queen Victoria herself.
Early life
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