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Péter Esterházy
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Hungarian writer (1950–2016)
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Péter Esterházy (1950–2016) was a Hungarian writer, composer, and opinion journalist. Born in Budapest, he was a member of the Esterházy family and held the noble title of count. He received his education at Eötvös Loránd University and was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Esterházy wrote in Hungarian and German, and also used the pseudonym Csokonai Lili.
His literary output included works such as *Fancsikó és Pinta*, *Pápai vizeken ne kalózkodj, Thomas Mann mampft Kebab am Fuße des Holstentors*, *Eine, zwei, noch eine Geschichte/n*, *Harmonia cælestis*, and *Hrabal könyve*. He was the recipient of several awards, including the Kossuth Prize, Herder Prize, József Attila Prize, and Vilenica Prize. Esterházy died in Budapest in 2016 from pancreatic cancer.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Works
- 45
Top works
- Fancsikó és Pinta ; Pápai vizeken ne kalózkodj
- Thomas Mann mampft Kebab am Fuße des Holstentors
- Eine, zwei, noch eine Geschichte/n
- Harmonia cælestis
- Hrabal könyve
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Budapest, Hungary
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Social force model for pedestrian dynamics
· 1995 · cited 5,436x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
· 2021 · cited 2,492x
- Once-Yearly Zoledronic Acid for Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
· 2007 · cited 2,424x
- Convergence acceleration of iterative sequences. the case of scf iteration
· 1980 · cited 2,325x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1950-04-14 ) 14 April 1950, Budapest , Hungary
- Died
- 14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) (aged 66), Budapest , Hungary
- Occupation
- Author
- Language
- Hungarian
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Alma mater
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Notable works
- Celestial Harmonies ( Harmonia Caelestis , 2001)
- Notable awards
- Kossuth Prize
- Spouse
- Margit Reén (m. 1973)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Péter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Sibling
- Márton Esterházy
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Notable work
- Celestial Harmonies
- Family
- Esterházy
- Noble title
- count
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Image
- Peter Esterhazy by Kubik 02.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Péter Esterházy
- date of birth
- 1950-01-01
- pseudonym
- Csokonai Lili
- Commons gallery
- Péter Esterházy
- date of death
- 2016-07-14
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Esterházy Péter
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- writing language
- Hungarian
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", and his books were considered to be significant contributions to post-war literature.
Biography
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