Miksa Falk

Maximilian ( Miksa ) Falk ( born October 7, 1828 in Pest, Hungary, † September 10, 1908 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and politician.

Life

Falk, who came from a Hungarian-Jewish merchant family, studied at the University of Budapest and Vienna University philosophy and law. Until 1867 he lived mainly on in Vienna. With his journalistic activities, he began in 1844. Amongst others he worked at the mirror (which is not identical to the present journal ) and in the newspapers The Ungarund Életképek. He took part in the revolution of 1848/49. In the newspapers Pesti Napló and hikers he fought against absolutism.

Through his work he gained the confidence of István Széchenyi and Deák Ferenc.

Professionally, he was from 1868 to 1906 chief editor of the Pester Lloyd and made the German -language newspaper to one of the leading in Hungary. Politically, he was from 1869, member of the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies and of the Imperial Council as a member of the Liberal Party.

Falk learned the Hungarian Queen Elizabeth know and thought she lectures on Hungarian literature. He knew how to mediate between the Austro -Hungarian court and the Hungarian politicians. Falk was also president of the Hungarian Journalists Association.

In 1883 he founded the Casino of Lipótváros, the present Hotel Danube Palace, Budapest. He was also its first director. He was also an advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister Sándor Wekerle during the currency reform after 1883 in Hungary.