Count Miklós Bánffy de Losoncz (30 December 1873 â€" 5 June 1950)
was a Hungarian nobleman, liberal politician, and historical novelist.
His books include The Transylvanian Trilogy (They Were Counted, They
Were Found Wanting and They Were Divided), and The Phoenix Land.The
Bánffy family emerged in 15th century Transylvania and established
itself among the foremost dynasties of the country. They owned a grand
palace in Kolozsvár (Romanian: Cluj-Napoca, German: Klausenburg), one
of the main cities of Transylvania and one of the province's largest
castles at Bonchida. One branch was raised to a barony in the 1660s,
while another became counts in 1855. The barons produced a
19th-century prime minister of Hungary (DezsÅ' Bánffy), and the
counts held important offices at court. Among the latter was Count
Miklós, born in Kolozsvár on December 30, 1873.Beginning his
political career at the time when Hungary was a constituent of
Austria-Hungary, Bánffy was elected a Member of Parliament in 1901
and became Director of the Hungarian State Theatres (1913â€"1918).
Both a traditionalist and a member of the avant-garde, he wrote five
plays, two books of short stories, and a distinguished novel.
Overcoming fierce opposition, his intervention made it possible for
Béla Bartók's works to have their first performance in
Budapest.Bánffy became Foreign Minister of Hungary in his cousin
Count István Bethlen's government of 1921. Although he detested the
politics of the Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, he worked to review
the boundary revisions confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon after World
War I through which Transylvania had been transferred to Romania.
Little progress was made, and he retired from office.
was a Hungarian nobleman, liberal politician, and historical novelist.
His books include The Transylvanian Trilogy (They Were Counted, They
Were Found Wanting and They Were Divided), and The Phoenix Land.The
Bánffy family emerged in 15th century Transylvania and established
itself among the foremost dynasties of the country. They owned a grand
palace in Kolozsvár (Romanian: Cluj-Napoca, German: Klausenburg), one
of the main cities of Transylvania and one of the province's largest
castles at Bonchida. One branch was raised to a barony in the 1660s,
while another became counts in 1855. The barons produced a
19th-century prime minister of Hungary (DezsÅ' Bánffy), and the
counts held important offices at court. Among the latter was Count
Miklós, born in Kolozsvár on December 30, 1873.Beginning his
political career at the time when Hungary was a constituent of
Austria-Hungary, Bánffy was elected a Member of Parliament in 1901
and became Director of the Hungarian State Theatres (1913â€"1918).
Both a traditionalist and a member of the avant-garde, he wrote five
plays, two books of short stories, and a distinguished novel.
Overcoming fierce opposition, his intervention made it possible for
Béla Bartók's works to have their first performance in
Budapest.Bánffy became Foreign Minister of Hungary in his cousin
Count István Bethlen's government of 1921. Although he detested the
politics of the Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, he worked to review
the boundary revisions confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon after World
War I through which Transylvania had been transferred to Romania.
Little progress was made, and he retired from office.
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