# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zoltan-ambrus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:09.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zoltan-ambrus"
name: "Zoltán Ambrus"
slug: "zoltan-ambrus"
description: "Zoltán Ambrus was a Hungarian writer and translator. He completed gymnasium in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family. He tutored and wrote theater criticism and articles for such publications as Pesti Napló, Fővárosi Lapok, and Budapesti Szemle. In 1885, he moved to Paris where he studied literature at the Collège de France and the Sorbonne. He became a contributor to A Hét upon his return to Pest and wrote a substantial quantity of short stories. In 1900, he became editor of Új Magyar Szemle, and wrote some pieces for Nyugat, as well as serving as director of the National Theater."
tagline: "Hungarian writer (1861–1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambrus_Zolt%C3%A1n_%C3%ADr%C3%B3_(Erd%C3%A9lyi_M%C3%B3r_felv%C3%A9tele)_%E2%80%93_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1861-02-22"
deathDate: "1932-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.93754533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "زولتان امبروس"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Ambrus"
    title: "Zoltán Ambrus"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Ambrus"
    title: "Zoltán Ambrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Ambrus_(verkisto)"
    title: "Zoltán Ambrus (verkisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Ambrus"
    title: "Zoltán Ambrus"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Ambrus"
    title: "Zoltán Ambrus"
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    title: "Զոլտան Ամբրուշ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zoltán Ambrus"
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    title: "Zoltán Ambrus"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Ambrus"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%2C_%D0%97%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Амбруш, Золтан"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump