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Ferenc Herczeg (born ''Franz Herzog'', 22 September 1863, Versec, Hungarian Kingdom - 24 February 1954, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian playwright and author who promoted conservative nationalist opinion in his country. He founded and edited the magazine ''Új Idők ("New Times")'' in 1895. In 1896 he was elected to parliament and in 1901 became the president of the Petőfi Society. One of his best novels, ''Dream Country'' (1912) tells how the love affair of an American business magnate and a Hungarian adventuress ends in jealousy and murder in the course of a yacht tour from Athens and Stamboul to Venice. In 1926 and in 1927 he was nominated for the Nobel prize on the score of ''The Gate of the Life'' (1919), a historical novel about archbishop Tamás Bakócz (the only Hungarian aspirant ever to the papal throne), set in 16th century Rome. A major recurring theme of his novels is the conflict of a rich heir with his brother, cousin or rival long cheated out of his lawful rights (''Huszt of Huszt'' 1906, ''The Two Lives of Magdalena'' 1917, ''Northern Lights'' 1930). ==Selected bibliography== * ''Above and Below'' (1890) * ''Mutamur'' (1893) * ''The Gyurkovics Girls'' (1893) * ''The Daughter of the Landlord of Dolova'' (1893) * ''The Gyurkovics Boys'' (1895) * ''The House of Honthy'' (a drama, 1896) * ''The First Storm'' (a drama, 1899) * ''Hand Washes Hand'' (a drama, 1903) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferenc Herczeg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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