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Imre Kertész

Imre Kertesz

Hungarian author (1929–2016).

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Award Received

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Nobel Prize in Literature
 (2002)
Award Rationale
: for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history
Award Rationale
: för ett författarskap som hävdar den enskildes bräckliga erfarenhet mot historiens barbariska godtycke
Point in Time
: 2002
Prize Money
: 10,000,000 Swedish krona
Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Kossuth Prize
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Herder Prize
 (2000)
Point in Time
: 2000
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 (2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
Ernst Reuter Medal
 (2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
Literaturpreis Des Landes Brandenburg
 (1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Márai Sándor Prize
 (1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Füst Milán Prize
 (1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
Déry Tibor Prize
 (1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Friedrich Gundolf Prize
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen
 (2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
 (2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
Adelbert Von Chamisso Prize (Complimentary Gift)
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Goethe Medal
 (2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
Honorary Doctor of the Free University of Berlin
 (2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Jean Améry Award
 (2009)
Point in Time
: 2009
Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Marion Samuel Prize
 (2007)
Point in Time
: 2007
Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Honorary Citizen of Budapest
 (2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Jeanette Schocken Prize
Jeanette Schocken Prize
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
 (2005)
Point in Time
: 2005

Place of Birth

Budapest

Country of Citizenship

Hungary
Germany

Date of Birth

11/9/1929

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Family Name

Kertész

Notable Work

Fatelessness
Liquidation

Occupation

Writer
Translator
Novelist
Journalist
Screenwriter
Playwright

Field of Work

The Holocaust

Significant Event

Survivor of Nazi Concentration Camps

Member Of

Academy of Arts, Berlin
German Academy for Language and Literature
Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts
 (2009 - )
Start Time
: 2009

Given Name

Imre

Work Location

Berlin

Medical Condition

Parkinson's Disease

Date of Death

3/31/2016

Place of Death

Budapest

Cause of Death

Parkinson's Disease

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Hungarian
German

Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Burial

Fiume Road Graveyard

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Name in Native Language

Kertész Imre

Has Works in the Collection

Soros Foundation–Hungary Records

Spouse

Albina Vas
 ( - 1995)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
End Time
: 1995
Magda Ambrus
 (1996 - 2016)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
Start Time
: 1996
End Time
: 2016

Educated At

Madách Imre High School
 ( - 1948)
End Time
: 1948

Native Language

Hungarian

Writing Language

Hungarian

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Manner of Death

Natural Causes
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