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Imre Kertész

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Imre Kertész

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Also known as Imre Kertesz, Kertész, Imre, Kertesz, Imre, I. Kertész, I. Kertesz, Imre Kertes, Kertes, Imre, I. Kertes

Hungarian author (1929–2016)

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Imre Kertész was a Hungarian and German writer, translator, novelist, and journalist. Born in Budapest on 9 November 1929, he worked in the field of The Holocaust and wrote notable works including *Fatelessness*. He was a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the German Academy for Language and Literature, and his work location included Berlin. He spoke and wrote in Hungarian and German.

Kertész received several awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Kossuth Prize, the Herder Prize, and the Friedrich Gundolf Prize. He was detained in Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camp. He died in Budapest on 31 March 2016 from Parkinson's disease, the same medical condition that caused his death. He is buried at Fiume Road Graveyard.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 10 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1929
Died
31 March 2016
Works
104

Top works

  • Det landsförvisade språket
  • Literatur & Haltung
  • Kaddisch für ein nicht geborenes Kind
  • Kadish po nerozhdennomu rebenku
  • Detektívtörténet

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Writing · Budapest, Hungary

Known for

  • Im Palais — Self2004
  • Literatur im Foyer — himself2000
  • Sternstunde Philosophie — Self1998
  • Zeugen des Jahrhunderts — Self1979

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Budapest
Active from
1929
Active to
2016

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
39
Total plays
304

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Imre+Kert%C3%A9sz">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    · 2017 · cited 5,580x

  2. 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

    · 2021 · cited 4,991x

  3. Uncovering the overlapping community structure of complex networks in nature and society

    · 2005 · cited 4,211x

  4. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    · 2021 · cited 3,156x

  5. Extracellular vesicles: biology and emerging therapeutic opportunities

    · 2013 · cited 3,132x

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Quotes

  • “If one takes the path of success, then one ends up either successful or unsuccessful, there is no third alternative.”
  • “I read somewhere; while God still existed one sustained a dialogue with God, and now that He no longer exists one has to sustain a dialogue with other people, I guess, or, better still, with oneself, that is to say, one talks or mumbles to oneself.”
  • “I do what I have to do, although I don’t know why I have to.”
  • “I am still here, although I don’t know why; accidentally, I guess, as I was born; I am as much or as little accomplice to my staying alive as I was to my birth.”
  • “Man is always a little at fault, that’s all.”
  • “I stayed alive therefore I am.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature2002

    “for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history”

NobelPrize.org →

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Life and work

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