Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2005
Imre Kertész photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2005
Born(1929-11-09)9 November 1929
Budapest, Hungary
Died31 March 2016(2016-03-31) (aged 86)
Budapest, Hungary
OccupationNovelist
NationalityHungarian[1]
Notable worksFatelessness
Kaddish for an Unborn Child
Liquidation
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
2002
SpouseAlbina Vas
(d. 1995)
Magda Ambrus
(m. 1996)
[2][3] (d. 2016)

Imre Kertész (Hungarian: [ˈimrɛ ˈkɛrteːs]; 9 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) 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".[4] He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel in Literature. His works deal with themes of the Holocaust (he was a survivor of German concentration and death camps), dictatorship, and personal freedom.[2]

Life and work

Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 9 November 1929, the son of Aranka Jakab and László Kertész,[5] a middle-class Jewish couple. After his parents separated when he was around the age of five, Kertész attended a boarding school, and, in 1940, he started secondary school where he was put into a special class for Jewish students.[6] During World War II, Kertész was deported in 1944 at the age of 14 with other Hungarian Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and was later sent to Buchenwald.[7] Upon his arrival at Auschwitz, Kertész claimed to be a 16-year-old worker, thus saving him from the instant extermination that awaited a 14-year-old person.[8] After his camp was liberated in 1945, Kertész returned to Budapest,[9] graduated from high school in 1948,[10] and then went on to find work as a journalist and translator. In 1951, he lost his job at the journal Világosság (Clarity), after the publication started leaning towards Communism.[9] For a short term, he worked as a factory worker, and then in the press department of the Ministry of Heavy Industry.[3] From 1953, he started freelance journalism and translated various works into Hungarian, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Elias Canetti.[2]

His best-known work, Fatelessness (Sorstalanság), describes the experience of 15-year-old György (George) Köves in the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Zeitz. Written between 1969 and 1973, the novel was initially rejected for publication by the Communist regime in Hungary, but was published in 1975.[2] Some have interpreted the book as quasi-autobiographical, but the author disavows a strong biographical connection. The book would go on to become part of many high school curriculums in Hungary.[2] In 2005, a film based on the novel, for which he wrote the script, was made in Hungary.[11] Although sharing the same title, some reviews noted that the film was more autobiographical than the novel on which it was based. It was released internationally at various dates in 2005 and 2006.

Following on from Fatelessness, Kertész's Fiasco (1988) and Kaddish for an Unborn Child (1990) are, respectively, the second and third parts of his Holocaust trilogy.[9] His writings translated into English include Kaddish for an Unborn Child (Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért) and Liquidation (Felszámolás), the latter set during the period of Hungary's evolution into a democracy from communist rule.[2]

From the beginning, Kertész found little appreciation for his writing in Hungary,[7] and he moved to Germany, where he received more active support from publishers and reviewers, along with more appreciative readers. After his move, he continued translating German works into Hungarian,[7] notably The Birth of Tragedy, the plays of Dürrenmatt, Schnitzler, and Tankred Dorst, and various thoughts and aphorisms of Wittgenstein. Kertész also continued working at his craft, writing his fiction in Hungarian, but did not publish another novel until the late 1980s.[11] From that point on, he submitted his work to publishers in Hungary. Grateful that he had found his most significant success as a writer and artist in Germany, Kertész left his abatement to the Academy of Arts in Berlin.[6]

In November 2013, Kertész underwent successful surgery on his right hip, after falling down in his home.[12] However, he continued to deal with various health concerns during the last few years of his life. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and was again suffering from depression, reported to have been a recurring battle in his life. In fact, Kertész had struggled with this same issue in his writing, as the main character of his 2003 book Felszámolás (Liquidation) commits suicide after struggling with depression.[3]

Kertész died on 31 March 2016, at the age of 86, at his home in Budapest, after suffering from Parkinson's for several years.[13][3]

Controversy

Kertesz in the Bavarian Villa Waldberta (1992)

Kertész was a controversial figure within Hungary, especially since being Hungary's first, and only, Nobel Laureate in Literature, he still lived in Germany. This tension was exacerbated by a 2009 interview with Die Welt, in which Kertész vowed himself a "Berliner" and called Budapest "completely balkanized".[14][15] Many Hungarian newspapers reacted negatively to this statement, claiming it to be hypocritical. Other critics viewed the Budapest comment ironically, saying it represented "a grudge policy that is painfully and unmistakably, characteristically Hungarian".[16] Kertész later clarified in a Duna TV interview that he had intended his comment to be "constructive", and called Hungary "his homeland".[16]

Also controversial was Kertész's criticism of Steven Spielberg's depiction of the Holocaust in the 1993 film Schindler's List as "kitsch", saying: "I regard as kitsch any representation of the Holocaust that is incapable of understanding or unwilling to understand the organic connection between our own deformed mode of life (whether in the private sphere or on the level of 'civilization' as such) and the very possibility of the Holocaust."[17]

In November 2014, Kertész was the subject of an interview with The New York Times. Kertész claimed the reporter was expecting him to question Hungary's democratic values and was shocked to hear Kertész say that "the situation in Hungary is nice, I'm having a great time". According to Kertész, "he didn't like my answer. His purpose must have been to make me call Hungary a dictatorship which it isn't. In the end, the interview was never published."[18]

List of works

  • Sorstalanság (1975)[19]
    • Fateless, translated by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson (1992). Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-1049-6 and ISBN 978-0-8101-1024-3
    • Fatelessness, translated by Tim Wilkinson (2004). New York: Vintage International. ISBN 978-1-4000-7863-9
  • A nyomkereső (1977)[19]
  • Detektívtörténet (1977)[19]
  • A kudarc (1988)[19]
  • Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért (1990)[19]
    • Kaddish for a Child Not Born, translated by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson (1997). Evanston, Illinois: Hydra Books. ISBN 978-0-8101-1161-5
    • Kaddish for an Unborn Child, translated by Tim Wilkinson (2004), New York: Vintage International. ISBN 978-1-4000-7862-2
  • Az angol lobogó (1991)[19]
  • Gályanapló (1992)[19]
  • A holocaust mint kultúra: Három előadás (1993)[19]
  • Jegyzőkönyv (1993)[19]
  • Valaki más: A változás krónikája (1997)[19]
  • A gondolatnyi csend, amíg a kivégzőosztag újratölt (1998)[19]
  • A száműzött nyelv (2001)[19]
  • Felszámolás (2003)[19]
  • K. dosszié (2006)
  • Európa nyomasztó öröksége (2008)[20]
  • Mentés másként (2011)[21]
  • A végső kocsma, The Final Tavern, also published as The Last Refuge (2014)[3]

Awards and honors

International prizes

Hungarian prizes

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002".
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pablo Gorondi (31 March 2016). "Nobel literature laureate Imre Kertesz dies at 86". Associated Press. Retrieved 31 March 2016 – via The Seattle Times.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g George Gomori (31 March 2016). "Imre Kertész obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 – Imre Kertész". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  5. ^ Hermann, Péter; Pásztor, Antal (1994). Magyar és nemzetközi ki kicsoda, 1994 (in Hungarian). Biográf. ISBN 978-963-7943-27-0. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Literaturnobelpreisträger Kertész gestorben: Der Retter seiner Seele" (in German). Tagesschau. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Imre Kertész". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  8. ^ Kandell, Jonathan (31 March 2016). "Imre Kertesz, Nobel Laureate Who Survived Holocaust, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Imre Kertész, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dies at 86". The Guardian. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Elhunyt Kertész Imre" [Imre Kertész has died]. Mandiner (in Hungarian). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  11. ^ a b Riding, Alan (3 January 2006). "The Holocaust, From a Teenage View". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  12. ^ "Kertész undergoes surgery". Politics.hu. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Imre Kertész gestorben" (in German). Tagesschau. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Kertészkedés". Hángörienidiocc. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  15. ^ Krause, Tilman (7 November 2009). "Ich schreibe keine Holocaust-Literatur, ich schreibe Romane". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Kertész birthday interview causes controversy". Hungarian Literature Online. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  17. ^ Kertész, Imre (2001). "Who Owns Auschwitz?" (PDF). The Yale Journal of Criticism. 14. Translated by John MacKay. The Johns Hopkins University Press (published 1 April 2001): 270. doi:10.1353/yale.2001.0010. ISSN 1080-6636. S2CID 145532698. Retrieved 12 December 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ^ "Elhallgatta a New York Times Kertész Imre véleményét" [The New York Times has kept back the opinion of Imre Kertész]. Mandiner (in Hungarian). 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 – Bio-bibliography". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  20. ^ Földényi F., László (5 March 2009). "Kibújni a darócból – Kertész Imre: Európa nyomasztó öröksége". Magyar Narancs (in Hungarian). No. 10. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  21. ^ Weiner Sennyey, Tibor (20 October 2011). "Nemzetkritika másként – Kertész Imre "Mentés másként" című könyvének bemutatója a PIMben". Irodalmi Jelen (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  22. ^ a b c d e Louise Olga Vasvári; Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek (2005). Imre Kertész and Holocaust Literature. Purdue University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-55753-396-8.
  23. ^ a b c Michelle Pauli (10 October 2002). "Holocaust writer wins Nobel Prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  24. ^ "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Awards – Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis – Imre Kertész". www.deutscheakademie.de. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  25. ^ a b Jeanette Schocken Preis. (in German) jeanette-schocken-preis.de
  26. ^ a b "Meghalt Kertész Imre" [Imre Kertész has died]. Index (in Hungarian). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  27. ^ "WELT-Literaturpreis an Imre Kertész in Berlin verliehen". Buch Markt (in German). 10 November 2000. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  28. ^ Kertész and Safdie honored. YIVO News. Summer 2003. No. 196, page 4.
  29. ^ Die Preisträger Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. (in German) www.corine.de
  30. ^ "Imre Kertész was awarded the Jean Améry Prize". HLO. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  31. ^ "La Grande médaille Vermeil de la Ville de Paris à Imre Kertész". www.actualitte.com (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  32. ^ a b c d "Meghalt Kertész Imre" [Imre Kertész has died]. Hirado.hu (in Hungarian). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  33. ^ "Szent István Renddel tüntették ki Kertész Imrét és Rubik Ernőt" [Imre Kertész and Ernő Rubik have been awarded the Order of Saint Stephen]. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

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