The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002
Awarded on: 2002-10-10
"for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"
Imre Kertész
Born: 1929-11-09 in Budapest, Hungary
Gender: male
Field: Hungarian author
Biography
Imre Kertész 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, dictatorship, and personal freedom.