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{{Short description|Hungarian author (1929–2016)}}
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{{eastern name order|Kertész Imre}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name             = Imre Kertész
| image            = Oliver Mark - Imre Kertész, Berlin 2005.jpg
| caption          = Imre Kertész photographed by [[Oliver Mark]], Berlin 2005
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1929|11|9|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Budapest]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|Hungary]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2016|3|31|1929|11|9|df=y}}
| death_place      = Budapest, Hungary
| occupation       = Novelist
| notableworks     = ''[[Fatelessness]]'' <br /> ''[[Kaddish for an Unborn Child]]'' <br /> ''Liquidation''
| awards           = {{awards|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|2002}}
| spouse           = Albina Vas<br>({{abbr|d.|died}} 1995)<br> {{marriage|Magda Ambrus<br>|1996}}<ref name="Seattletimes">{{cite news|title=Nobel literature laureate Imre Kertesz dies at 86|author=Pablo Gorondi|date=31 March 2016 |agency=Associated Press|via=The Seattle Times|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nobel-literature-laureate-imre-kertesz-dies-at-86/|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Guardian obituary" /> (d. 2016)
| nationality      = Hungarian<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2002/kertesz/biographical/ | title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 }}</ref>
}}
'''Imre Kertész''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈimrɛ ˈkɛrteːs|lang}}; 9 November 1929{{snd}}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".<ref name=nobel>{{cite news|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2002/press.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 – Imre Kertész|work=Nobelprize.org|access-date=9 February 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Seattletimes"/>

== Life and work ==
Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 9 November 1929, the son of Aranka Jakab and László Kertész,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hermann|first1=Péter|last2=Pásztor|first2=Antal|title=Magyar és nemzetközi ki kicsoda, 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6JmAAAAMAAJ&q=Aranka+Jakab+Laszlo+Kert%C3%A9sz|access-date=31 March 2016|language=hu|isbn=978-963-7943-27-0|year=1994|publisher=Biográf }}</ref> a middle-class [[Judaism|Jewish]] couple. After the separation of his parents when he was around the age of five, Kertész attended boarding school, and, in 1940, he started secondary school, where he was put into a special class for Jewish students.<ref name=tagesschau>{{cite web|title=Literaturnobelpreisträger Kertész gestorben: Der Retter seiner Seele|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/kertesz-gestorben-103.html|publisher=Tagesschau|access-date=31 March 2016|language=de|date=31 March 2016}}</ref> During [[World War II]], Kertész was deported in 1944 at the age of 14 with other [[List of Hungarian Jews|Hungarian Jews]] to the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], and was later sent to [[Buchenwald]].<ref name="Britannica" /> Upon his arrival at Auschwitz, Kertész claimed to be a 16-year-old worker, thus saving himself from the instant extermination that awaited a 14-year-old person.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last1=Kandell|first1=Jonathan|title=Imre Kertesz, Nobel Laureate Who Survived Holocaust, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/world/europe/imre-kertesz-dies.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=31 March 2016|date=31 March 2016}}</ref> After his camp had been liberated in 1945, Kertész returned to Budapest,<ref name="Guardian" /> graduated from high school in 1948,<ref name="mandinerdeath">{{cite web|title=Elhunyt Kertész Imre|trans-title=Imre Kertész has died|url=http://mandiner.hu/cikk/20160331_elhunyt_kertesz_imre|website=Mandiner|language=hu|access-date=31 March 2016|date=31 March 2016}}</ref> and then went on to find work as a journalist and translator. In 1951, he lost his job at the journal ''Világosság'' (Clarity), when the publication started leaning towards Communism.<ref name="Guardian" /> For a short term, he worked as a factory worker, and then in the press department of the Ministry of Heavy Industry.<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/31/imre-kertesz-obituary | title=Imre Kertész obituary | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=31 March 2016 | access-date=1 April 2016 | author=George Gomori}}</ref> From 1953, he started freelance journalism and translated various works into Hungarian, including [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], and [[Elias Canetti]].<ref name="Seattletimes" />

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.<ref name="Seattletimes" /> 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.<ref name="Seattletimes" /> In 2005, a [[Fateless (film)|film based on the novel]], for which he wrote the script, was made in Hungary.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Riding|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/movies/MoviesFeatures/03fate.html|title=The Holocaust, From a Teenage View|work=The New York Times|date=3 January 2006|access-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/31/imre-kertesz-holocaust-survivor-nobel-laureate-novelist-dies | title=Imre Kertész, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dies at 86 | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=31 March 2016 | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Seattletimes" />

From the beginning, Kertész found little appreciation for his writing in Hungary,<ref name="Britannica" /> 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,<ref name="Britannica">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9395919/Imre-Kertesz|title=Imre Kertész|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=9 February 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="NYT" /> 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 of debts and legacies|abatement]] to the [[Academy of Arts, Berlin|Academy of Arts]] in [[Berlin]].<ref name=tagesschau/>

In November 2013, after a fall in his home, Kertész underwent successful surgery on his right hip,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.politics.hu/20131122/kertesz-undergoes-surgery/ | title=Kertész undergoes surgery | work=Politics.hu | date=22 November 2013 | access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> but continued having to deal with various health problems during the last years of his life. Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]], he was again suffering from [[Depression (mood)|depression]], a recurring battle in his life that he managed to transform into literature: The main character of his 2003 book ''Felszámolás'' (''Liquidation''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Faber |first=Michel |date=2006-09-23 |title=After Auschwitz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/sep/23/featuresreviews.guardianreview18 |access-date=2025-10-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>) commits suicide after a struggle with depression.<ref name="Guardian obituary" />

On 31 March 2016, at the age of 86, Imre Kertész died at his home in Budapest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Imre Kertész gestorben|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/kertesz-gestorben-101.html|publisher=Tagesschau|access-date=31 March 2016|language=de|date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Guardian obituary" />

== Controversy ==
[[File:FM-2019-1-6-2-30 Niggl-Radloff-B-Imre-Kertesz-ONLINE.jpg|thumb|Kertesz in the Bavarian [[Villa Waldberta]] (1992)]] 
Kertész was a controversial figure within Hungary, especially since he continued living in Germany as Hungary's first [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Laureate in Literature]]. This tension was exacerbated by a 2009 interview with ''[[Die Welt]]'', in which Kertész vowed himself a "[[Berlin]]er" and called Budapest "completely balkanized".<ref>{{cite news |title=Kertészkedés |newspaper=Hángörienidiocc |url=http://hangorienidiocc.blog.hu/2009/11/08/kerteszkedes_5 |access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Krause |first1=Tilman |title=Ich schreibe keine Holocaust-Literatur, ich schreibe Romane |url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/kultur/literatur/article5116030/Ich-schreibe-keine-Holocaust-Literatur-ich-schreibe-Romane.html |newspaper=[[Die Welt]]|access-date=31 March 2016 |language=de |date=7 November 2009}}</ref> Many Hungarian newspapers reacted negatively to what they called a hypocritical statement. Other critics viewed the Budapest comment ironically, saying it represented "a grudge policy that is painfully and unmistakably, characteristically Hungarian".<ref name="Hungarian Literature Online">{{cite web |title=Kertész birthday interview causes controversy |url=http://www.hlo.hu/news/kertesz_birthday_interview_causes_controversy |publisher=Hungarian Literature Online |access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> In a [[Duna TV]] interview Kertész later clarified that he had intended his comment to be "constructive": Hungary was still "his homeland".<ref name="Hungarian Literature Online" />

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."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kertész|first=Imre|year=2001|others=Translated by John MacKay|title=Who Owns Auschwitz?|url=https://waukeshatemple.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/104/2020/10/Kertesz-Who-Owns-Auschwitz.pdf|access-date=12 December 2021|journal=[[The Yale Journal of Criticism]]|volume=14|issue=1|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|page=270|publication-date=1 April 2001|doi=10.1353/yale.2001.0010|s2cid=145532698 |issn=1080-6636}}</ref>

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."<ref name="Hungarian Literature Online2">{{cite web |title=Elhallgatta a New York Times Kertész Imre véleményét |trans-title=The New York Times has kept back the opinion of Imre Kertész |url=http://mandiner.hu/cikk/20141111_elhallgatta_a_new_york_times_kertesz_imre_velemenyet |website=[[Mandiner]] |language=hu |date=11 November 2014 |access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

== List of works ==
* ''[[Fatelessness|Sorstalanság]]'' (1975)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2002/bio-bibl.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 – Bio-bibliography|website=www.nobelprize.org|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
**''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 (translator)|Tim Wilkinson]] (2004). New York: Vintage International. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-7863-9}}
* ''[[The Pathseeker|A nyomkereső]]'' (1977)<ref name=":0" />
** ''The Pathseeker'', translated by Tim Wilkinson (2008). Brooklyn, New York: [[Melville House Publishing]]. {{ISBN|978-1-933633-53-4}}
* ''Detektívtörténet'' (1977)<ref name=":0" />
** ''Detective Story'', translated by Tim Wilkinson (2008). London: Harvill Secker. {{ISBN|978-1-84655-183-3}}
* ''A kudarc'' (1988)<ref name=":0" />
** ''Fiasco'', translated by Tim Wilkinson (2011). Brooklyn, New York: [[Melville House Publishing]]. {{ISBN|978-1-935554-29-5}}
* ''[[Kaddish for an Unborn Child|Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért]]'' (1990)<ref name=":0" />
** ''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)<ref name=":0" />
** ''The Union Jack'', translated by Tim Wilkinson (2010). Brooklyn, New York: [[Melville House Publishing]]. {{ISBN|978-1-933633-87-9}}
* ''Gályanapló'' (1992)<ref name=":0" />
* ''A holocaust mint kultúra: Három előadás'' (1993)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Jegyzőkönyv'' (1993)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Valaki más: A változás krónikája'' (1997)<ref name=":0" />
* ''A gondolatnyi csend, amíg a kivégzőosztag újratölt'' (1998)<ref name=":0" />
* ''A száműzött nyelv'' (2001)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Felszámolás'' (2003)<ref name=":0" />
** ''Liquidation'', translated by Tim Wilkinson (2004). New York: [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]]. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-4153-4}}
* ''K. dosszié'' (2006)
** ''Dossier K'', translated by Tim Wilkinson (2013). Brooklyn, New York: [[Melville House Publishing]]. {{ISBN|978-1-61219-202-4}}
* ''Európa nyomasztó öröksége'' (2008)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Földényi F.|first1=László|title=Kibújni a darócból – Kertész Imre: Európa nyomasztó öröksége|url=http://magyarnarancs.hu/konyv/kibujni_a_darocbol_-_kertesz_imre_europa_nyomaszto_oroksege-70895|access-date=1 April 2016|work=[[Magyar Narancs]]|issue=10|date=5 March 2009|language=hu}}</ref>
* ''Mentés másként'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weiner Sennyey|first1=Tibor|title=Nemzetkritika másként – Kertész Imre "Mentés másként" című könyvének bemutatója a PIMben|url=http://www.irodalmijelen.hu/05242013-1518/nemzetkritika-maskent-kertesz-imre-mentes-maskent-cimu-konyvenek-bemutatoja-pimben|access-date=1 April 2016|work=Irodalmi Jelen|language=hu|date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
* ''A végső kocsma'', The Final Tavern, also published as The Last Refuge (2014)<ref name="Guardian obituary" />

== Awards and honors ==
{{incomplete list|date=November 2012}}

=== International prizes ===
* 1992, 1995: [[Soros Prize]]<ref name="VasváriZepetnek2005" />
* 1995: {{ill|Brandenburg Literature Prize|de|Brandenburgischer_Literaturpreis#Preistr%C3%A4ger_Literaturpreis_des_Landes_Brandenburg}}<ref name="Awards">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/10/nobelprize.awardsandprizes | title=Holocaust writer wins Nobel Prize | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=10 October 2002 | access-date=31 March 2016 | author=Michelle Pauli}}</ref>
* 1997: [[Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis]]<ref name="Awards" /><ref name="Guardian obituary" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deutscheakademie.de/en/awards/friedrich-gundolf-preis/imre-kertesz|title=Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Awards – Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis – Imre Kertész|website=www.deutscheakademie.de|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
* 1997: Jeanette Schocken Preis <ref name="Schocken">[http://www.jeanette-schocken-preis.de/preistraeger/1997-imre-kertesz/ Jeanette Schocken Preis]. (in German) jeanette-schocken-preis.de</ref>
* 2000: [[Herder Prize]]<ref name="indexdeath" />
* 2000: [[Welt-Literaturpreis|''Welt''-Literaturpreis]]<ref name="indexdeath">{{cite web|title=Meghalt Kertész Imre|trans-title=Imre Kertész has died|url=http://index.hu/kultur/2016/03/31/meghalt_kertesz_imre/|website=[[Index.hu|Index]]|language=hu|access-date=31 March 2016|date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buchmarkt.de/content/1197-welt-literaturpreis-an-imre-kert-sz-in-berlin-verliehen.htm?hilite=-Diogenes- |title=WELT-Literaturpreis an Imre Kertész in Berlin verliehen |work=Buch Markt |language=de |date=10 November 2000 |access-date=11 November 2012 |archive-date=26 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326072503/http://www.buchmarkt.de/content/1197-welt-literaturpreis-an-imre-kert-sz-in-berlin-verliehen.htm?hilite=-Diogenes- |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2001: [[Pour le Mérite]] (Germany)<ref name="Awards" />
* 2002: [[Hans Sahl Prize]]<ref name="nobel" />
* 2002: [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]<ref name=nobel />
* 2003: [[YIVO]] Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>[https://www.yivo.org/cimages/yedies196.pdf Kertész and Safdie honored]. YIVO News. Summer 2003. No. 196, page 4.</ref>
* 2004: [[Corine Literature Prize]]<ref>[http://www.corine.de/chronik/index.php Die Preisträger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201013/http://www.corine.de/chronik/index.php |date=29 October 2013 }}. (in German) www.corine.de</ref>
* 2004: [[Goethe Medal]]<ref name="Guardian obituary" />
* 2009: [[Jean Améry]] Prize<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hlo.hu/news/imre_kertesz_was_awarded_the_jean_amery_prize | title=Imre Kertész was awarded the Jean Améry Prize | work=HLO | date=8 July 2009 | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
* 2011: [[Grande Médaille de Vermeil de la ville de Paris]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/culture-arts-lettres/la-grande-medaille-vermeil-de-la-ville-de-paris-a-imre-kertesz/25233|title=La Grande médaille Vermeil de la Ville de Paris à Imre Kertész|website=www.actualitte.com|language=fr-FR|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>

=== Hungarian prizes ===
* 1983: [[Milán Füst Prize]]<ref name="VasváriZepetnek2005">{{cite book|author1=Louise Olga Vasvári|author2=Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek|title=Imre Kertész and Holocaust Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMRoihRs7KEC&pg=PA272|year=2005|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-55753-396-8|page=272}}</ref>
* 1986: [[Hieronymus Prize]]{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
* 1988: [[Artisjus Literature Prize]]<ref name="VasváriZepetnek2005" />
* 1989: [[Aszu Prize]]<ref name="Schocken"/>
* 1989: [[Attila József Prize]]<ref name="VasváriZepetnek2005" /><ref name="hiradodeath" />
* 1997: [[Kossuth Prize]]<ref name="VasváriZepetnek2005" /><ref name="hiradodeath" />
* 2002: [[Honorary Citizen of Budapest]]<ref name="hiradodeath" />
* 2014: [[Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen]]<ref name="hiradodeath">{{cite web|title=Meghalt Kertész Imre|trans-title=Imre Kertész has died|url=http://www.hirado.hu/2016/03/31/meghalt-kertesz-imre/|website=Hirado.hu|language=hu|access-date=31 March 2016|date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kormany.hu/hu/hirek/szent-istvan-renddel-tuntettek-ki-kertesz-imret-es-rubik-ernot |title= Szent István Renddel tüntették ki Kertész Imrét és Rubik Ernőt|trans-title=Imre Kertész and Ernő Rubik have been awarded the Order of Saint Stephen|date=20 August 2014 |access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Hungarian literature]]
* [[List of Jewish Nobel laureates]]

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* Molnár, Sára. "[https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol5/iss1/5/ Nobel in Literature 2002 Imre Kertész's Aesthetics of the Holocaust]" ''CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture'' 5.1 (2003)
* Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. "[https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol5/iss1/6/ And the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to Imre Kertész, Jew and Hungarian]" ''CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture'' 5.1 (2003)
* Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. "[http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb05-4/totosy05.html Imre Kertész's Nobel Prize, Public Discourse, and the Media]" ''CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture'' 7.4 (2005)
* Vasvári, Louise O., and Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven, eds. ''Imre Kertész and Holocaust Literature''. West Lafayette: Purdue UP, 2005. {{ISBN|978-1-55753-396-8}}
* Vasvári, Louise O., and Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven, eds. ''Comparative Central European Holocaust Studies''. West Lafayette: Purdue UP, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-55753-526-9}}

== External links ==
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* [https://nobel.bh.org.il/en/persona/imre-kertesz/ Imre Kertész], Nobel Luminaries – Jewish Nobel Prize Winners, on the [https://www.bh.org.il/ Beit Hatfutsot-The Museum of the Jewish People] Website.
* [http://isurvived.org/KerteszINTERVIEW.html The Last Word – an interview with Kertész] from Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project: "Forget You Not"
* {{cite journal| url=http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6235/the-art-of-fiction-no-220-imre-kertesz| title=Imre Kertész, The Art of Fiction No. 220|author=Luisa Zielinski|date=Summer 2013|journal=The Paris Review| volume=Summer 2013| issue=205}}
* [http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2002/kertesz-lecture.html Imre Kertész—Nobel Lecture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517170447/http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2002/kertesz-lecture.html |date=17 May 2008 }}
*[http://noblib.internet-box.ch/NLEW.php?authorid=99 List of Works]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215122511/http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0451%2Cehrenreich%2C59387%2C10.html B.-ing There], a review of the novel ''Liquidation'' by Ben Ehrenreich, ''[[Village Voice]]'', 20 December 2004
* [https://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/in-new-memoir-hungarian-holocaust-survivor-remains-a-voice-of-dissent.premium-1.531230 Haaretz article on Kertész]
* 2011 Interview on "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl7eFs755Ak Self-imposed exile and writing]" with Swedish publisher Svante Weyler.
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