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Lajos Tolnai
1837–1902
A sharp-eyed Hungarian novelist and publicist, he wrote with unusual boldness about social vanity, hypocrisy, and the fading world of the gentry. His work helped point Hungarian fiction toward a more modern, more critical style.
5 Audiobooks
Az urak: Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
A báróné ténsasszony: Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
Csak egy asszony! : regény
by Lajos Tolnai
Az oszlopbáró: Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
Dániel pap lesz : Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
About the author
Born as Lajos Hagymássy in Györköny on January 31, 1837, he later wrote under the name Lajos Tolnai. He studied at the Reformed theological seminary in Pest and also worked as a teacher and Reformed pastor before turning more fully toward literature and journalism.
Tolnai first drew notice as a poet, but he became better known for his novels, stories, and public writing. He was an unsparing observer of provincial life and the declining Hungarian gentry, and his fiction often used satire and social criticism to expose pretension, moral weakness, and everyday injustice.
Later literary histories have described him as one of the forerunners of modern Hungarian literature. He died in Budapest on March 19, 1902, but his reputation endures through the toughness, honesty, and vivid social detail of his writing.