THE LAUREATE: Imre Kertesz was born in Budapest in 1929. He was sent to Auschwitz in 1944, then transferred to Buchenwald and freed from there at the end of the war. He wrote fiction for quite a few years, including his most famous novel, Fateless, and then translated German literature and philosophy into Hungarian. In the late 80s, he resumed writing fiction. He says that all of his work is informed by his experience in Auschwitz, but he does not write autobiographical fiction.
WHAT I’M READING: Detective Story.
all the nobels 