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For Kingbitter the Hamlet question did not run “To be or not to be?” but “Am I or am I not?”.

Imre Kertész

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Imre Kertész (9 November 1929 - 31 March 2016) is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.

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Native Name: Kertész Imre

Alternative Names: Imre Kertesz • Kertész, Imre • Kertesz, Imre • I. Kertész • I. Kertesz • Imre Kertes • Kertes, Imre • I. Kertes • Imne K'erŭt'esŭ • K'erŭt'esŭ, Imne • Imra Kirtīs • Imrje Kjertijes • Imure Kerutēsu • I. K.

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The sentence "Auschwitz cannot be explained" is faulty simply from a formal point of view, for anything that is has an explanation, even if by necessity a merely self-serving faulty, so so explanation.

Man is always a little at fault, that’s all.

Writers complete their works, whether those be thousands of pages long or just a few laconic lines.

For Kingbitter the Hamlet question did not run “To be or not to be?” but “Am I or am I not?”. - Imre Kertész

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