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Imre Kertesz

Imre Kertesz

Hungarian1929 – 2016Fiction

Hungarian author and Nobel laureate whose novel Fatelessness, drawn from his experiences as a teenager at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, is one of the most important works of Holocaust literature.

Works

  • FatelessnessHungarian Jewish boy's experiences during the Holocaust and imprisonment→
  • Kaddish for an Unborn ChildPhilosophical exploration of guilt, memory, and sacrifice after the Holocaust→
  • The FailureMeditation on artistic failure and the limits of literature→
  • LiquidationDark comedy about an author orchestrating the demise of his literary character→
  • Detective StoryAbsurdist novella exploring power dynamics and human nature through interrogation→

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Gyorgy Konrad·Peter Nadas·Peter Esterhazy
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