author
Lajos Tolnai
1837–1902
A sharp-eyed Hungarian novelist and publicist, he wrote with unusual boldness about social hypocrisy, provincial life, and the fading world of the gentry. His fiction helped point Hungarian literature toward a more modern, more critical voice.
5 Audiobooks
Az urak: Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
Csak egy asszony! : regény
by Lajos Tolnai
A báróné ténsasszony: Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
Az oszlopbáró: Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
Dániel pap lesz : Regény
by Lajos Tolnai
About the author
Born in Györköny on January 31, 1837, and originally named Lajos Hagymássy, he later wrote under the name Lajos Tolnai. He studied in Nagykőrös, where he was taught by János Arany, and he went on to work as a Reformed pastor, teacher, editor, and literary critic as well as a novelist and poet.
Tolnai is remembered as one of the early modern voices in Hungarian literature. His novels and journalistic writing often took aim at moral compromise, small-town pretension, and the decline of the old gentry, and his frank, combative style made him a distinctive figure in late 19th-century literary life.
He was also active in Hungary's literary institutions, becoming a member of the Kisfaludy Society and later the Petőfi Society, and he taught and served as a school director in Budapest. He died there on March 19, 1902.