Nobel Laureate Writer Greeted on 85th Birthday

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s Nobel laureate writer Imre Kertesz was celebrated on his 85th birthday in Budapest’s Petofi Literary Museum on Tuesday.

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Addressing the event, minister for human resources Zoltán Balog called it a task for Hungary’s educational and cultural institutions to help pass on Kertesz’s life work to future generations. Misinterpretations and misunderstandings surrounding his oeuvre should not be allowed to prevent readers from finding their way to his books, he said.

Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and Austrian theatre dramaturg Hermann Beil greeted Kertesz in video messages.

Photo: MTI/Gyula Bartos

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters