Alexander Balázs

Born in 1830 in Kászonfeltíz, in present-day Romania, he was the son of József Balázs and Rozália Csavásy. He studied in his hometown and later spent time in Pest around 1851–1852 attending an engineering course, but he left that path to devote himself to literature instead.

He became especially noted for humorous stories and novellas. One of his early published pieces was a longer comic poem, Színházi kaland, and he went on to publish in periodicals including Hölgyfutár, Bolond Miska, Nefelejts, and Magyarország és a Nagyvilág. He also worked as a journalist and librarian, and he was a member of the Kisfaludy Society and the Petőfi Society.

He died in 1887. Remembered as Sándor Balázs in Hungarian sources and sometimes as Alexander Balázs in translation, he left behind fiction that blends humor, observation, and an easy sense of storytelling.