author
Albert Pálffy
1820–1897
A lawyer-turned-writer and newspaper editor, he became one of the sharp public voices of Hungary’s revolutionary era. His novels and memoir-like writings mix political passion, satire, and a close view of 19th-century Hungarian life.
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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, Albert Pálffy first studied theology and then law, earning a legal diploma in Pest in 1843. Even so, he soon chose journalism and literature over legal practice, writing for important Hungarian periodicals and building a reputation as a lively publicist and storyteller.
Pálffy played a visible role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, editing the daily Marczius Tizenötödike, a paper closely tied to the revolutionary movement. After the defeat of the uprising, he was forced into hiding and later interned, experiences that shaped both his political outlook and his writing.
He went on to publish novels, sketches, and memoir-like works, and he remained active in literary and public life for decades. Remembered as a journalist, novelist, editor, and politician, he was elected a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1884 and died in Budapest on December 22, 1897.