Imre Kertész

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-11-09

Deathday

2016-03-31 (86 years old)

Birth Place

Budapest, Hungary

Relationships

Magda Ambrus (1996 - 2016)

Citizenships

Hungary

Awards

Adelbert von Chamisso Prize (complimentary gift), honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, honorary citizen of Budapest, Literaturpreis des Landes Brandenburg, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Herder Prize, Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, Nobel Prize in Literature, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, Jeanette Schocken Prize, Ernst Reuter Medal, Marion Samuel Prize, Goethe Medal, Kossuth Prize, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, Sándor Márai Prize, Milán Füst Prize, Friedrich Gundolf Prize, Tibor Déry Prize, Jean Améry award