author
Albert Pálffy
1820–1897
A sharp-eyed Hungarian novelist and journalist, he wrote with energy about public life and helped shape the press during the revolutionary years of 1848. His work moves between storytelling, political engagement, and the vivid world of 19th-century Pest.
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Egy mérnök regénye
by Albert Pálffy
Esztike kisasszony professzora: Regény
by Albert Pálffy
About the author
Born in Gyula on April 20, 1820, he first studied for the priesthood and later trained in law, but journalism and literature became his real calling. He worked with important Hungarian periodicals and soon built a reputation as a novelist, editor, and public writer.
He is especially remembered for his role in the 1848 revolution, when he edited the daily paper Márczius Tizenötödike, a forceful and influential political newspaper of the time. After the defeat of the Hungarian struggle for independence, he was forced into hiding and later faced internment, but he continued his literary and journalistic career.
His early novels, including Magyar millionair and Fekete könyv, helped make his name, and he later remained active in public and cultural life as a writer, editor, politician, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He died in Budapest on December 22, 1897.