2002 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature Imre Kertész Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2002/summary/ 2002 laureate Oliver Mark - Imre Kertész, Berlin 2005.jpg "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history." 2002 10 10 yes (announcement) 10 December 2002 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 The 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Hungarian novelist Imre Kertész (1929–2016) "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history."The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 nobelprize.org He was the only Nobel Prize in Literature recipient from Hungary until 2025 when László Krasznahorkai won.Imre Kertész britannica.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/arts/hungarian-novelist-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature.html Hungarian Novelist Wins Nobel Prize in Literature Alan Riding 10 October 2002 21 May 2021 New York Times Laureate Imre Kertész Before its release in 1975, Imre Kertész worked on his first book, Sorstalanság ("Fatelessness"), for a long time. The novel is about a young György Köves, who is detained and sent to concentration camps but ultimately survives. Kertész wrote about what it means to live with an intellectual death sentence and how to cope with living in a world where so many people have perished. With his books, he identifies with the literary genre known as "witness fiction," in which a trauma is described from personal experience by the author.Imre Kertész – Facts nobelprize.org His other celebrated prose include A nyomkereső ("The Pathseeker", 1977) and Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért ("Kaddish for an Unborn Child", 1990). Reactions Kertész was a controversial figure within Hungary, especially since being Hungary's first 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."Kertészkedés http://hangorienidiocc.blog.hu/2009/11/08/kerteszkedes_5 11 May 2014Krause Tilman Ich schreibe keine Holocaust-Literatur, ich schreibe Romane https://www.welt.de/welt_print/kultur/literatur/article5116030/Ich-schreibe-keine-Holocaust-Literatur-ich-schreibe-Romane.html Die Welt 31 March 2016 de 7 November 2009 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."Kertész birthday interview causes controversy http://www.hlo.hu/news/kertesz_birthday_interview_causes_controversy Hungarian Literature Online 11 May 2014 Kertész later clarified in a Duna TV interview that he had intended his comment to be "constructive" and called Hungary "his homeland". References External links 2002 Press release nobelprize.org Award ceremony speech nobelprize.org 2002 Nobel