Maurus Jokai
| Mór Jókai | |
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| Born |
18 February 1825 Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Komárno, Slovakia) |
| Died | 5 May 1904 (aged 79) Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | author |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Notable works |
The Man with the Golden Touch (Az aranyember) The Heartless Man's Sons (A kőszívű ember fiai) |
| Spouse |
Róza Laborfalvi (1848-1886) Bella Nagy (1899-1904) |
| Partner | József Jókay de Árva Mária Pulay de Bana |
Móric Jókay de Ásva ([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒi], known as Mór Jókai; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai, was a Hungarian dramatist, novelist and revolutionary. He was 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 Dickens in the 19th century British press. One of his most famous fan and admirer was Queen Victoria herself.
He was born in Komárom, in the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Komárno in Slovakia). His father, József, was a member of the Ásva branch of the ancient Jókay family; his mother was a scion of the noble Pulays. The lad was timid and delicate, and therefore educated at home till his tenth year, when he was sent to Pozsony (today: Bratislava in Slovakia), subsequently completing his education at the Calvinist college at Pápa, where he first met Sándor Petőfi, Sándor Kozma, and several other young men who subsequently became famous.
After his father's death when Jókai was 12, his family had meant him to follow the law, his father's profession, and accordingly the youth, always singularly assiduous, plodded conscientiously through the usual curriculum at Kecskemét and Pest (part of what is now Budapest), and as a full-blown advocate succeeded in winning his first case.
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