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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.

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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

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Film & TV

Budapest, Hungary

Known for

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

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature2002

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Imre
Family name
Kertész
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Budapest
Place of death
Budapest
Occupation
playwright
Languages spoken
German
Native language
Hungarian
Field of work
The Holocaust
Image
Oliver Mark - Imre Kertész, Berlin 2005.jpg
Work location
Berlin
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Commons category
Imre Kertész
date of birth
1929-11-09
member of
German Academy for Language and Literature
medical condition
Parkinson's disease
date of death
2016-03-31
place of detention
Buchenwald concentration camp
cause of death
Parkinson's disease
place of burial
Fiume Road Graveyard
name in native language
Kertész Imre
writing language
Hungarian
manner of death
natural causes
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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.

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