Mór Jókai (18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904) was one of the most celebrated and prolific Hungarian writers of the nineteenth century, often called the Great Storyteller — Nagy Mesemondó — of Hungarian literature. He was born in Komárom, in the Kingdom of Hungary, and died in Budapest. Jókai studied law in Pápa and Kecskemét, where he became friends with the poet Sándor Petőfi, who encouraged his literary ambitions. He began writing young, publishing his first novel, Hétköznapok (Weekdays), in 1846. He was deeply involved in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848–49 as a journalist and editor of revolutionary newspapers, and after its suppression faced persecution and lived in hiding for a period before eventually receiving amnesty. He went on to write an extraordinary body of work — more than a hundred novels, along with hundreds of short stories, plays, and essays. His notable works include The Man with the Golden Touch (Az arany ember, 1873), Black Diamonds (Fekete gyémántok, 1870), The New Landlord (Az új földesúr, 1862), Timar's Two Worlds, Eyes Like the Sea (A tengerszemű hölgy), and Son of a Rajah. His style blended Romanticism with vivid imagination, humour, patriotism, and adventure, making his work enormously popular both in Hungary and abroad, and his novels were translated into dozens of languages. Jókai married the celebrated actress Róza Laborfalvi in 1848, a match that caused some controversy at the time; after her death in 1886 he married a young actress, Bella Nagy, in 1899, which also drew public comment. Beyond literature he served for many years as a member of the Hungarian Parliament, representing liberal causes, and was a prominent public voice for Hungarian national identity. He is considered one of the greatest figures in Hungarian literature, comparable to Dickens in England or Dumas in France. His work helped shape the modern Hungarian literary language and national consciousness, numerous streets, schools, and institutions in Hungary bear his name, and the celebration of his fiftieth literary anniversary in 1894 became a major national event.
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