IMRE KERTÉSZ

2002 Nobel Laureate in Literature

for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history

Background

• Born: November 9, 1929
• Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary
• Citizenship: Hungary

• Kaddish for a Child not Born (English translation of Kaddis a meg nem születetett gyermekért 1999)

• Fateless (English translation of Sorstalanság 1992)
• Other Books by Imre Kertész

• The Swedish Academy press release
• Bio and bibliography

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• article in "The Arizona Republic" newspaper (submitted by Prof. Gianluca R. MATTIOLI)
• Imre Kert¨¦sz (1929- ) Hungarian writer (submitted by Davis)
• Isranews.com - Imre Kert¨¦sz (submitted by Jackson)
• review of Kaddish for a Child Not Born (submitted by Danny Yee)
• Imre Kertesz – Biography in english (submitted by roman)
• Imre Kertesz Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Kaddish for an Unborn Child by Kertész Imre (submitted by George)
• review of Liquidation (submitted by Danny Yee)
• review of Fatelessness (submitted by Danny Yee)

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