AKA Ferenc Neumann

Born: 12-Jan-1878
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1-Apr-1952
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright, Novelist

Nationality: Hungary
Executive summary: The Paul Street Boys

Father: Mor Neumann (gastroenterologist, d. 1908)
Mother: Jozefa Wallfisch (d. 1898)
Wife: Margit Vészi (m. 1906, div. 1910, d. 11-Jul-1961 suicide, one daughter)
Daughter: Márta (b. 1907)
Wife: Sári Fedák (opera singer, m. 1922, div. 1925)
Wife: Lili Darvas (Hungarian-American actress, m. 9-Jun-1926, d. 1974)

    High School: Református Gimnázium, Budapest (1895)

    Budapesti Napló Correspondent (1906-07)
    Petöfi Society 1908
    Kisfaludi Society 1911
    Changed Name to Ferenc Molnár (1896)

Author of books:
The Derelict Boat (1901, novel)
The Paul Street Boys (1907, novel)
Prisoners (1908, novel)
Angel Making Music (1933, novel)
The Blue-Eyed Lady (1942, novel)
Mussey (1945)
The Captain of St. Margaret's (1946, memoir)
Farewell My Heart (1947, novel)
Companion in Exile: Notes for an Autobiography (1950, memoir)

Wrote plays:
Liliom (1907)
The Devil (1907)
The Guardsman (1910)
Fashions for Men (1917)
The Swan (1920)
The Play's the Thing (1926)
Olympia (1928)
The Good Fairy (1930)
Howard (1952)

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