Imre Kertész
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.
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Trending topics shown first"Writers sometimes cast themselves into the most profound depths of despair in order to master it and move on."
"There was truth in Diaz’s logic, yes: our line of work is like that. Once you have started, the only way back is to go forward."
"Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot."
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