Imre Kertész
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Imre Kertész was a Hungarian writer best known for his novels about the Holocaust, particularly *Fateless*, which drew from his own experience as a teenager imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. His unflinching literary explorations of trauma and human resilience earned him international recognition, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002, making him an important voice in Holocaust literature.
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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
Writing · Budapest, Hungary
Known for
- Im Palais — Self2004
- Literatur im Foyer — himself2000
- Sternstunde Philosophie — Self1998
- Zeugen des Jahrhunderts — Self1979
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Active from
- 1929-11-09
- Active to
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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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1929 births2016 deaths20th-century Hungarian male writers20th-century Hungarian novelists21st-century Hungarian male writers21st-century Hungarian novelistsAttila József Prize recipientsAuschwitz concentration camp survivorsBuchenwald concentration camp survivorsDeaths from Parkinson's diseaseHerder Prize recipientsHungarian expatriates in Germany