Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész (Hungarian: [ˈimrɛ ˈkɛrteːs]; 9 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel in Literature. His works deal with themes of the Holocaust (he was a survivor of German concentration and death camps), dictatorship, and personal freedom.
Imre Kertész | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 November 1929 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | 31 March 2016 (aged 86) Budapest, Hungary |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Notable works | Fatelessness Kaddish for an Unborn Child Liquidation |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 |
| Spouse | Albina Vas (d. 1995) Magda Ambrus
(m. 1996) |
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