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Imre Kertész
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Person

Imre Kertész

1929 – 2016 · aged 87

Hungarian author (1929–2016)

Born
9 Nov 1929 · Budapest
Died
31 Mar 2016 · Budapest
Part ofGermany1,250 BCE – todayHungary975 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 9 Nov 1929BornBorn in Budapest
  2. 1983AwardFüst Milán Prize
  3. 1989AwardDéry Tibor Prize
  4. 1995AwardLiteraturpreis des Landes Brandenburg
  5. 1996AwardMárai Sándor Prize
  6. 1997AwardFriedrich Gundolf Prize
  7. 1997AwardJeanette Schocken Prize
  8. 1997AwardKossuth Prize
  9. 1997AwardLeipzig Book Award for European Understanding
  10. 2000AwardHerder Prize
  11. 2001AwardAdelbert von Chamisso Prize (complimentary gift)
  12. 2001AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  13. 2002AwardNobel Prize in Literature
  14. 31 Mar 2016DiedDied in Budapest

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1929 – 2016).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

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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