At any rate I found myself writing because I had to write, … - Imre Kertész

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At any rate I found myself writing because I had to write, although I didn’t know why.

Imre Kertész

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About Imre Kertész

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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My body is foreign to me that body that sustains me and will, ultimately, kill me.

I read somewhere; while God still existed one sustained a dialogue with God, and now that He no longer exists one has to sustain a dialogue with other people, I guess, or, better still, with oneself, that is to say, one talks or mumbles to oneself.

Failure alone remains as the one single accomplishable experience;

At any rate I found myself writing because I had to write, although I didn’t know why. - Imre Kertész

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