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Ágota Kristóf (Hungarian: Kristóf Ágota; 30 October 1935 – 27 July 2011) was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" (Prix Europe, a.k.a. Prix Littéraire Europe, Grand Prix Littéraire Européen) from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier (1986; later translated into English as The Notebook). She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller Award in Switzerland and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2008.
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1935-10-30
Deathday2011-07-27 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceHungary
CitizenshipsSwitzerland, Hungary
Also Known AsAgota Kristof
AwardsAustrian State Prize for European Literature, Gottfried-Keller-Preis, Kossuth Prize, Prix du Livre Inter, Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
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