Móric Jókay de Ásva (, known as ''Mór Jókai''; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside

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also known as Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai, was a Hungarian

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and

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. He was an active participant and a leading personality in the outbreak of Hungarian Liberal Revolution of 1848 in Pest. Jókai's romantic novels became very popular among the elite of Victorian-era England; he was often compared to

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in the 19th-century British press. One of his most famous fans and admirers was Queen Victoria herself.

Early life

He was born in

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, in the

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(present-day

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). His father, József Jókai de Ásva (1781–1837), was a member of the Ásva branch of the ancient Jókay noble family; his mother was noblewoman Mária Pulay (1790–1856). As a boy, he was timid and delicate, and was therefore educated at home until the age of ten, at which time he was sent to Pozsony (today:

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). He then completed his education at the

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college at

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, where he first met

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, Sándor Kozma and several other young men who subsequently became famous. After his father's death when Jókai was 12, his family intended for him to pursue a career in law like his father. The young Jókai, always singularly assiduous, plodded conscientiously through the usual curriculum at

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and Pest (part of what is now

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), and succeeded in winning his first case as a full-fledged lawyer.

Career

The drudgery of a lawyer's office was uncongenial to the ardently poetical Jókai. Encouraged by the encomia pronounced by the Hungarian Academy on his first play, ''Zsidó fiú'' (''The Jewish Boy''), he moved to Pest in 1845 with a manuscript novel in his pocket. There, he was introduced by Petőfi to the literary society of the Hungarian capital, and the same year his first notable novel ''Hétköznapok'' (''Working Days''), appeared, first in the columns of the ', and subsequently, in 1846, in book form. ''Hétköznapok'' was instantly recognized by all the leading critics as a work of original genius, and in the following year Jókai was appointed the editor of ''Életképek'', then the leading Hungarian literary journal, and gathered round himself a circle of young Hungarian writers. He married the great tragic actress,

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, on 29 August 1848. On the outbreak of the

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, the young editor enthusiastically adopted the nationalist cause. He was a moderate Liberal, opposed to all excesses; but, swayed by the nationalist victories of April and May 1849, he supported Kossuth's decision to depose the

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dynasty. He was present at the surrender at Világos (now Şiria, Romania) in August, 1849. He intended to commit suicide to avoid imprisonment, but was spared by the arrival of his wife, with whom he made a difficult journey on foot through Russian lines to Pest. For the next fourteen years, Jókai lived the life of a political suspect. During this time he devoted himself to the rehabilitation of the

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, composing in it no fewer than thirty novels, besides innumerable volumes of tales, essays, criticism and faceti. This was the period of such masterpieces as ''Erdély aranykora'' (''The Golden Age of

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''), with its sequel ''Török világ Magyarországon'' (''The Turks in Hungary''), ''Egy magyar nábob'' (''A Hungarian Nabob''), with its sequel ''Kárpáthy Zoltán'', ''Janicsárok végnapjai'' (''The Last Days of the

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''), and ''Szomorú napok'' (''Sad Days''). On the re-establishment of the Hungarian constitution by the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, Jókai took an active part in politics. As a constant supporter of the

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administration, not only in parliament, where he sat continuously for more than twenty years, but also as the editor of the government organ, ''Hon'', founded by him in 1863, he became a power in the state, and, though he never took office himself, frequently extricated the government from difficult places. In 1897 the king appointed him a member of the upper house. In 1899, he created a country-wide scandal by contracting a marriage with

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, a young actress. Jókai died in

on 5 May 1904, his first wife having died on 20 November 1886. Both were buried at the

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Writings

Jókai was extremely prolific. He devoted most of his time to literature, and his productiveness after 1870 was stupendous, amounting to some hundreds of volumes. Among the finest of his later works may be mentioned '' Az arany ember'' (''A Man of Gold'', translated into English, among others, under the title ''The Man with the Golden Touch''), the most popular ''A kőszívű ember fiai'' (''The Heartless Man's Sons''), the heroic chronicle of the

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, and ''A tengerszemű hölgy'' (''Eyes like the Sea''), the latter of which won the Academy's prize in 1890. He was also an amateur chess player (see: Mór Jókai Museum in Balatonfüred). His ''Jövő század regénye'' (''The novel of the next century'' - 1872) is accounted an important early work of

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though the term did not yet exist at the time (see). In spite of its romantic trappings, this monumental two-volume novel includes some acute observations and almost prophetic visions, such as the prediction of a revolution in Russia and the establishment of a

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there, or the arrival of

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. Because it could be read as a satirical allegory on

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and

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in the

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, the book was banned in Hungary in the decades of the

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. (Its "Critical Edition" was delayed until 1981.)

Collected editions

The greatest collections of his works: * Összes művei. Nemzeti (Jubileumi) Kiadás. (Complete Works, "National Edition") 1894-1898, 100 vols. * Hátrahagyott művei. (Late and Uncollected Works; the Sequel of the "National Edition") 1912, 10 vols. * Összes művei. Centenáriumi kiadás. (Complete Works, "Centenary Edition") 1925-1932, 100 vols. * Összes művei. Kritikai kiadás. (Complete Works, "Critical Edition") 1962-, in advance.

Works

* "Hétköznapok" (Weekdays), 1846 * "Vadon virágai" (Flowers of the Wild) 1848 - short stories * "Forradalmi és csataképek" (Pictures of Revolution and Fight), 1850 (in English: Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War - a selection by Imre Szabad, 1854) (**) * "Erdély aranykora" (The Golden Age of Transylvania), 1852 (in English: Midst the Wild Carpathians - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1894) (**) * "Török világ Magyarországon" (Turkish World in Hungary), 1852 (in English: The Slaves of the Padishah - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1902) (**) * "A kalózkirály" (The King of the Pirates), 1852-53 (in English: The Corsair King - translated by Mary J. Safford, 1901) (***) * "Egy magyar nábob" (A Hungarian Nabob), 1853 (in English: An Hungarian Nabob - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1898) (**) * "A fehér rózsa" (The White Rose), 1854 (in English: Halil the Pedlar - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1901) (**) (film:

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) * "Janicsárok végnapjai" (The Last Days of the Janissaries), 1854 (in English: The Lion of Janina - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1897) (**) * "Kárpáthy Zoltán" (Zoltán Kárpáthy), 1854 (film:

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) * "Szomorú napok" (Sad Days), 1848-56 (in English: The Day of Wrath - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1900) (**) * "A régi jó táblabírák" (The Good Old Justices), 1856 * "Az elátkozott család" (The Doomed Family or The Cursed Family), 1858 * "Szegény gazdagok" (Poor Rich), 1860 (in English: Poor Plutocrats - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1899) (**) * "Politikai divatok" (Political Fashions), 1862 * "Az új földesúr" (The New Squire), 1863 (in English: The New Landlord - Translated by Arthur J. Patterson, 1868) (**) * "Felfordult világ" (An Upturned World), 1863 * "Mire megvénülünk" (By the Time We Grow Old), 1865 (in English: Debts of Hono

- translated by Arthur B. Yolland, 1900) * "Szerelem bolondjai" (Maniacs of Love), 1868 * "A kőszívű ember fiai" (The Heartless Man's Sons), 1869 (in English: The Baron's Sons - translated by Percy Favor Bicknell, 1900) (**) (film: ) * "Fekete gyémántok" (Black Diamonds), 1870 (in English: Black Diamonds - translated by Frances Gerard eraldine Fitzgerald 1896) (**) * "Eppur si muove - És mégis mozog a Föld" (And Yet It Moves), 1872 * " Az arany ember" (The Golden Man), 1872 (films: , 1936, 1962, 2005) **English translations published: ''Timar’s Two Worlds'' - translated by Mrs Hegan Kennard, USA, 1888; ''Modern Midas;

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'' * "A jövő század regénye" (The Novel of the Next Century), 1872-74 (A Novel of the Coming Century) * * "Enyim, tied, övé" (It's Mine, It's Yours, It's His), 1875 * "Egész az északi pólusig!" (Up to the North Pole!), 1875 * "Az élet komédiásai" (Comedians of the Life), 1876 * "Egy az Isten" (God is One), 1876 (in English: Manasseh. A Romance of Transylvania - translated by Percy Favor Bicknell, 1901) (**) * "Névtelen vár" (Nameless Castle), 1877 (in English: The Nameless Castle - translated by Sarah Elisabeth Boggs, 1898) (**) * "Szép Mikhál" (Pretty Mikhál), 1877 (in English: Pretty Michal - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1891) (**) * "Görögtűz" (Greek Fire), 1877 * "Rab Ráby" (Ráby the Prisoner), 1879 (in English: The Strange Story of Ráby - anonymous, 1909) (**) * "Egy hírhedett kalandor a 17. századból" (An Infamous Scoundrel from the 17th Century), 1879 (in English: Told by the Death's Head - translated by Sarah Elisabeth Boggs, 1903) (**) * "Szabadság a hó alatt vagy a Zöld könyv" (Freedom under the Snow; or, The Green Book), 1879 (in English: The Green Book - translated by Mrs. Waugh llis Wright 1897) (**) * "Páter Péter" (Friar Péter), 1881 (in English: Peter the Priest - translated by S. L. Waite & A. L. Waite, 1897) (***) * "Akik kétszer halnak meg" (Those Who Will Die Two Times), 1881-2 * "Szeretve mind a vérpadig" (Loved up until the Scaffold), 1882 * "Egy játékos, aki nyer" (A Player Who Wins), 1882 * "Bálványosvár" (The Castle of the Idols), 1883 * "Minden poklokon keresztül" (Through All the Hells), 1883 * "A lőcsei fehér asszony" (The White Woman from Lőcse), 1884 * "A cigánybáró" (The Gipsy Baron), 1885 (adapted into the operetta ''

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'') * "Életemből" (From my Life), 1886 * "A kiskirályok" (The Viceroys), 1886 * "A három márvány fej" (The Three Marble Heads), 1887 * "A lélekidomár" (The Trainer of the Souls), 1888-9 * "Gróf Benyovszky Móricz életrajza", (The Biography of Count Móricz Benyovszky) 1888–1891 * "A tengerszemű hölgy" (The Lady with the Eyes like the Sea), 1890 (in English: Eyes Like the Sea - translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1893) (**) * "Gazdag szegények" (Rich Poor), 1890 * "Nincsen ördög" (The Devil does not Exist), 1891 (in English: Dr. Dumány's Wife - translated by Frances Steinitz, 1891) (**) * "Rákóczy fia" (Rákóczy's Son), 1891 * "A fekete vér" (The Black Blood), 1892 * "A két Trenk - Trenk Frigyes" (The Two Trenks - Friedrich Trenk), 1892-3 * "Fráter György" (Brother George), 1893 * "Sárga rózsa" (Yellow Rose), 1893 (in English: The Yellow Rose - translated by Beatrice Danford, 1909) (**) * "De kár megvénülni!" (What a Pity to Grow Old!), 1896 * "Öreg ember nem vén ember" (An Old Man is not a Tottery Man), 1899 * "Egetvívó asszonyszív" (A Woman's Heart Wins the Heaven) 1902 * "A mi lengyelünk" (Our Man from Poland), 1903 * "Ahol a pénz nem isten" (The Place Where Money is not a God), 1904 * "Párbaj Istennel" (A duel with God) Other English Editions (**): * "Life in a Cave" - a short novel for children, translated by Linda Villari, 1884 * "In Love with the Czarina" - short stories, translated by Lewis Felberman, 1893 * "The Tower of Dago" - a short novel, anonymous, 1899 * "A Christian but a Roman" - a short novel, anonymous, 1900 * "Tales from Jókai" - selected and translated by R. Nisbet Bain, 1904 Source (*): http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/HunShort/00000012.htm Source (**): Lóránt Czigány: A magyar irodalom fogadtatása a viktoriánus Angliában 1830-1914 (Budapest, Akadémiai, 1976) Source (***): http://www.gutenberg.org

Selected filmography

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(1915, based on the novel ''Egy magyar nábob'') *', directed by

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'') *''

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'', directed by

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)The Gypsy Baron ''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...

'', directed by

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(1927, based on the operetta ''

'') *''

'', directed by

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(1935, based on the operetta ''

'') *'' Az aranyember'', directed by

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(1936, based on the novel ''

'') *''

'', directed by

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(1954, based on the operetta ''

'') *''

'', directed by (1962, based on the operetta ''

'') *'' The Man of Gold'', directed by

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(1962, based on the novel ''

'') *', directed by

Zoltán Várkonyi Zoltán Várkonyi (13 May 1912 – 10 April 1979) was a Hungarian actor and film director. In 1961, he was a member of the jury at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Four years later, he was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow Intern ...

(1965, based on the novel ''A kőszívű ember fiai'') *', directed by

(1966, based on the novel ''Egy magyar nábob'') *'' Zoltán Kárpáthy'', directed by

(1966, based on the novel ''Zoltán Kárpáthy'') *'' Szaffi'', directed by Attila Dargay (1984, based on the novel ''The Gypsy Baron'')

Honors

Three stamps were issued by Hungary in his honor, all on 1 February 1925.

References

Citations

Sources

* Névy László, ''Jókai Mór'' * Hegedűs Sándor, ''Jókai Mórról'' * H. W. Temperley, "Maurus Jokai and the Historical Novel", ''Contemporary Review'' (July 1904). *

External links

Works by Mór Jókai
at

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Maurus Jókai’s novels in English translation
(in Hungarian but with an abstract in English at the end) by Judit Kádár (in ''Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények'' "Bulletins in Literary History") * *

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