Imre Kertész Rank
About Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész was the first Hungarian author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002. Most of his written works explored themes of the Holocaust, freedom, and dictatorship. Those themes were influenced by the awful experiences he went through during his time in a German concentration camp.
Life
Kertész was born in Budapest to a middle-class Jewish family. During the Second World War, he was deported from his home country to the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He was 14 at that time but claimed to be 16 to have his life spared.
Following the Allied victory in World War II, he returned to Budapest in 1945 and worked as a journalist and translator, where he wrote his most popular work “Fatelessness”, which was about the experience of a boy living in a concentration camp. He also wrote “Fiasco” and “Kaddish for an Unborn Child.”
Death
He died in 2016 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Prizes
Between 1983 and 2014, he won over 20 international and Hungarian prizes for his literary works, including: the 1989 Attila József Prize; 1995 Brandenburg Literature Prize; 2004 Goethe Medal; and the 2014 Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen.
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F.A.Q. about Imre Kertész
When is his birthday?
Imre Kertész' birthday is on November 9, 1929.
In how many days is his birthday?
Imre's birthday is in 201 days
How old was Imre when he died?
He was 86 years old.
When did he die?
He died in March 31, 2016.
How old would he be today?
Imre Kertész would be 94 years old if he was alive today.
Where was Imre from?
He was born in Budapest, Hungary.