Imre Kertész 360b / Shutterstock.com Profession: Author and Nobel Laureate Nationality: Hungarian Why Famous: 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 Dorothy Parker Federico Fellini Roald Dahl Famous Nobel Laureates Camillo Golgi Wilhelm Röntgen William Golding