Ágota Kristof

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born

October 30, 1935 in Csikvánd, Hungary

died

July 27, 2011

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer, who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristof received the European prize for French literature for The Notebook (1986). She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller Award in Switzerland and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2008.

Kristof's first steps as a writer were in the realm of poetry and theater (John et Joe, Un rat qui passe), which is a facet of her works that did not have as great an impact as her trilogy. In 1986 Kristof’s first novel, The Notebook appeared. It was the beginning of a moving trilogy. The sequel titled The Proof came 2 years later. The third part was published in 1991 under the title The Third Lie. The most important themes of this trilogy are war and destructio...more

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Books by Ágota Kristof

Average rating: 4.17 · 1,387 ratings · 177 reviews · 22 distinct works

	The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels by Ágota Kristof, Alan Sheridan (Translator), David Watson (Translation) 4.40 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Le grand cahier 4.14 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1986 — 19 editions	My rating:
	La preuve by Ágota Kristof, Kristof Agota 3.89 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Yesterday 3.85 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1995 — 18 editions	My rating:
	L'analphabete: Recite Autobiographique 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Le Troisième Mensonge 3.78 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	My rating:
	C'est égal 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	La vendetta by Ágota Kristof, Maurizia Balmelli (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Irgendwo 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Claus y Lucas 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009	My rating: