Imre Kertész 360b / Shutterstock.com Profession: Author and Nobel Laureate Nationality: Hungarian Biography: Hungarian author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, 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”. Born: November 9, 1929 Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Generation: Silent Generation Chinese Zodiac: Snake Star Sign: Scorpio Died: March 31, 2016 (aged 86) Historical Events 2002-10-10 Hungarian writer and Holocaust survivor Imre Kertész is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Famous Authors Doris Kearns Goodwin Gabriel García Márquez Ray Kurzweil Famous Nobel Laureates August Krogh Carlos Saavedra Lamas Hermann Hesse
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Gabriel García Márquez
Ray Kurzweil
August Krogh
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Hermann Hesse