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Imre Kertész

Born

in Budapest, Hungary

November 09, 1929

Died

March 31, 2016

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Born in Budapest in 1929, during World War II Imre Kertész was imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1944 and later at Buchenwald. After the war and repatriation, Kertész soon ended his brief career as a journalist and turned to translation, specializing in German language works. He later emigrated to Berlin. Kertész was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2002 for "writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 19,991 ratings · 2,075 reviews · 85 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fatelessness 4.09 avg rating — 13,788 ratings — published 1975 — 168 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaddish for an Unborn Child by Imre Kertész, Tim Wilkinson (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 2,099 ratings — published 1990 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liquidation 3.79 avg rating — 1,517 ratings — published 2003 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detective Story by Imre Kertész, Tim Wilkinson (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 1,118 ratings — published 1977 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yo, otro. Crónica del cambio by Imre Kertész, Adán Kovacsics Meszaros (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiasco by Imre Kertész, Adán Kovacsics Meszaros (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1988 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dossier K: A Memoir by Imre Kertész, Tim Wilkinson (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Union Jack by Imre Kertész, Tim Wilkinson (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1991 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pathseeker 3.58 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diario de la galera by Imre Kertész, Adán Kovacsics Meszaros really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Holocaust (4 books)
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Imre Kertész,

Tim Wilkinson (Translator)

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Quotes by Imre Kertész (?)

“You just sit there and tolerate it, the same way everything in this country is tolerated. Every deception, every lie, every bullet in the brains. Just as you are already tolerating bullets in the brains that will be implemented only after the bullet is put in your brains.”
― Imre Kertész, Liquidation

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“As we pass one step, and as we recognize it as being behind us, the next one already rises up before us. By the time we learn everything, we slowly come to understand it. And while you come to understand everything gradually, you don't remain idle at any moment: you are already attending to your new business; you live, you act, you move, you fulfill the new requirements of every new step of development. If, on the other hand, there were no schedule, no gradual enlightenment, if all the knowledge descended on you at once right there in one spot, then it's possible neither your brains nor your heart could bear it.”
― Imre Kertész, Fatelessness

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“...I would like to live a little bit longer in this beautiful concentration camp.”
― Imre Kertesz, Fateless

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