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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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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1929-11-09
Deathday2016-03-31 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceBudapest, Hungary
RelationshipsMagda Ambrus (1996-01-01 - 2016-01-01)
CitizenshipsHungary
AwardsLiteraturpreis des Landes Brandenburg, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, Order of Saint Stephen, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 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, Sándor Márai Prize, Milán Füst Prize, Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis, Tibor Déry Prize, Jean Améry award, Goethe Medal, Kossuth Prize, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, honorary citizen of Budapest, Nobel Prize in Literature, Herder Prize, Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
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