▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁P isa ▁fac ulty ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : P anth éon - Ass as ▁University ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁Mel ch ior ▁L eng y el ▁( 1 2 ▁January ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁– ▁ 2 3 ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Hung arian ▁writer , ▁dram at ist , ▁and ▁film ▁screen writer ▁of ▁Jewish ▁her itage . ▁ ▁Biography ▁L eng y el ▁was ▁born ▁Leb ov ics ▁Men y h ért ▁in ▁Bal maz ú j vá ros , ▁Hung ary . ▁He ▁started ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁journalist . ▁He ▁worked ▁first ▁in ▁K assa ▁( K o š ice ), ▁then ▁later ▁in ▁Budapest . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁play , ▁A ▁nagy ▁fe j ede lem ▁( The ▁Great ▁Prince ) ▁was ▁performed ▁by ▁the ▁Th alia ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁The ▁Hung arian ▁National ▁Theatre ▁performed ▁his ▁next ▁drama ▁A ▁h ál ás ▁ut ó kor ▁( The ▁Gr ateful ▁Post er ity ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁V oj n its ▁Award ▁from ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁given ▁every ▁year ▁for ▁the ▁best ▁play . ▁Ta if un ▁( Ty ph oon ), ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁plays , ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁became ▁a ▁world wide ▁success ▁and ▁is ▁still ▁performed ▁today . ▁It ▁was ▁adapted ▁to ▁the ▁screen ▁in