WRITER

Imre Kertész

1929 - 2016

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imre Kertész is the 204th most popular writer (up from 209th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Writer.

Imre Kertész is a Hungarian writer and Holocaust survivor. He is most famous for his novel, "Fateless," which tells the story of a 15-year-old Jewish boy who is sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944.

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Among writers, Imre Kertész ranks 204 out of 7,302. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand, Orhan Pamuk, Friedrich Hölderlin, Joseph Conrad, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Aldous Huxley. After him are Luís de Camões, David Woodard, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, and Terence.

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Among people born in 1929, Imre Kertész ranks 13. Before him are Lev Yashin, Milan Kundera, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bud Spencer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Jürgen Habermas. After him are Sergio Leone, Ed Asner, Hassan II of Morocco, Christopher Plummer, Jacques Brel, and Peter Higgs. Among people deceased in 2016, Imre Kertész ranks 14. Before him are Shimon Peres, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Debbie Reynolds, Alan Rickman, and Zaha Hadid. After him are Islam Karimov, Dario Fo, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Cesare Maldini, Pierre Boulez, and George Michael.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Imre Kertész ranks 18 out of 1,077. Before him are Matthias Corvinus (1443), Miklós Horthy (1868), Harry Houdini (1874), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Louis I of Hungary (1326), and Leo Szilard (1898). After him are Imre Nagy (1896), Edward Teller (1908), Árpád (845), Franz Lehár (1870), John Zápolya (1487), and Robert Capa (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Imre Kertész ranks 2. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860). After him are Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Márai (1900), Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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