Mór Jókai

(1825-1904)

Hungarian writer

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Móricz Jókay of Ásva (18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jókai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. His romantic novels became widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, where he was often compared to Charles Dickens by the press. One of his most famous admirers was Queen Victoria herself.

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Born	18 February 1825 Komarno, Slovakia
Died	5 May 1904 (aged 79) Budapest, Hungary
Zodiac	Aquarius
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