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Imre Kertész (Hungarian writer)

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Kertész, Imre
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Date of birth
1929-11-09
Place of birth
Budapest
Date of death
2016-03-31
Place of death
Budapest

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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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Imre Kertész was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature. The native form of this personal name is Kertész Imre. 

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