Which Hungarian writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 for Fatelessness (Sorstalansag)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Imre Kertesz, a survivor of Buchenwald
- Step 1: The novel is based on a boy's experience of the Nazi camps. Step 2. Its author is Imre Kertesz. Answer: Imre Kertesz. Why not the others: Marai, Szabo and Orkeny wrote other well-known works but did not win the prize.
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