Melchior Lengyel (12 January 1880 â€" 23 October 1974) was a Hungarian
writer, dramatist, and film screenwriter of Jewish heritage.Lengyel
was born Lebovics Menyhért in Balmazújváros, Hungary. He started
his career as a journalist.[3] He worked first in Kassa (Košice),
then later in Budapest.His first play, A nagy fejedelem (The Great
Prince) was performed by the Thalia Company in 1907. The Hungarian
National Theatre performed his next drama A hálás utókor (The
Grateful Posterity) in 1908 for which he received the Vojnits Award
from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, given every year for the best
play. Taifun (Typhoon), one of his plays, written in 1909, became a
worldwide success and is still performed today. It was adapted to the
screen in the United States in 1914.
writer, dramatist, and film screenwriter of Jewish heritage.Lengyel
was born Lebovics Menyhért in Balmazújváros, Hungary. He started
his career as a journalist.[3] He worked first in Kassa (Košice),
then later in Budapest.His first play, A nagy fejedelem (The Great
Prince) was performed by the Thalia Company in 1907. The Hungarian
National Theatre performed his next drama A hálás utókor (The
Grateful Posterity) in 1908 for which he received the Vojnits Award
from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, given every year for the best
play. Taifun (Typhoon), one of his plays, written in 1909, became a
worldwide success and is still performed today. It was adapted to the
screen in the United States in 1914.
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