Miksa Falk
Miksa Falk | |
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| Born | 7 October 1828 |
| Died | 10 September 1908(aged 79) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, journalist, editor |
Miksa Falk(or sometimesMaximilian Falk,7 October 1828 – 10 September 1908) was aHungarianpolitician,journalist,member of theHungarian Academy of Sciencesand the editor-in-chief of the German-language newspaperPester Lloyd.
Early life
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Falk was born to an impoverished Hungarian-Jewish[1]merchant family inPest,which was a separate town (on the east bank of the riverDanube) that was later united with the towns ofBudaandÓbuda(on the west bank of the river Danube) in 1873 to formBudapest,the capital ofHungary.At the age of 15, he already wrote articles for German-speaking newspapers in Pest. He studied at the Faculty of Arts inVienna.He returned to Pest in 1848, but soon he went back to Vienna. From 1867 he lived in Hungary.
Once he was misunderstood to be the great-grandfather ofPeter Falk,after the American actor mentioned that he had some Hungarian ancestors. People believed it as much asthe statueof the actor's most famous role,Lt. Columbohad been set on Miksa Falk street in Budapest.[2][3][4]
Works
[edit]Initially, Falk worked for the magazineUngar(Hungarian), then he moved to Vienna.[5]He started to write articles at the newspaperOesterreichische Zeitung,but when the newspaper was banned, he went to work for the newspaperWanderer.In Hungary, he had articles inPesti Napló,where he criticizedabsolutism.At the same time, he wrote supporter conservative articles anonymously for theBudapesti Hírlap.After theAustro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867,he returned to Hungary for good and became the editor-in-chief of the German-language newspaperPester Lloyd,and also worked for thePolitikai Hetilap(Political Weekly Newspaper).[6]He taught the Hungarian language to Austrian-Hungarian EmpressElisabeth of Bavaria.[7]
Political life
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Between 1850 and 1860, he joined the circle ofIstván Széchenyi,who at that time lived inDöbling,Austria. He supported the Compromise of 1867 with his articles. From 1875, he became the representative of the Liberal Party founded byFerenc Deák.He was representative of citiesKőszeg,AradandKeszthelyin several periods. The party collapsed in 1905 and Miksa Falk retired.
References
[edit]- ^"Oltványi Ambrus utószava Falk Miksa: Gróf Széchenyi István utolsó évei és halála c. könyvéhez"(in Hungarian). Magyar Elektromos Könyvtár.Retrieved17 August2011.
- ^László, Beke; István, Gazda; Zoltán, Szász; László, Szörényi (23 January 2008).Nemzeti évfordulóink 2008.ISBN9789638721068.
- ^"Mindennapi.hu - a közéleti portál".
- ^"Rogán hamarosan felavatja Columbo szobrát a Falk Miksa utcában".3 February 2014.
- ^Die deutschsprachige Presse Ungarns in Jahren 1848/49inIhr Männer auf, jetzt ruft die Zeitvon Mária Roszá; retrieved, 27 Jänuary 2010
- ^The Centropa Interview,CENTROPA.ORG, September 2007, accessed 27 January 2010
- ^Gábor Ujváry: Auf den Spuren ungarischer Geschichte in WienArchived6 July 2011 at theWayback Machinein Collegium Hungaricum. Accessed 27 January 2010
External links
[edit]- Miksa Falk in the Hungarian Biograpyical Lexicon
- Für König, Volk und/oder Vaterland?from thePester Lloyd
- Miksa Falk: The last days and death of István Széchenyi(from MEK)
- Miksa Falk on Jewish.hu's list of famous Hungarian Jews
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