was highly critical of the authoritarian tendencies of Viktor Orbán's administration, declaring that "Orbán is not a statesman" and that "the Orbán system is damaging to Hungary. Our Democracy is not liberal, freedom of the press is limited, and the division of power is inadequate." He was married to Margit Reén, and had four children. In October 2015, it became public knowledge that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. He died on 14 July 2016. Ancestry Works published in English (The italicized dates refer to original publication, other dates refer to the English-language publications.) Helping Verbs of the Heart (A szív segédigéi, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1996) The Transporters (Fuharosok, 1983, 1991, 1994) The Book of Hrabal (Hrabal könyve, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996) The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube) (Hahn-Hahn grófnő pillantása, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999) She loves me (Egy nő, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998) A Little Hungarian Pornography (Kis magyar pornográfia, 1984, 1995, 1997) Celestial Harmonies : A Novel (Harmonia Caelestis, 2000, 2004) Not Art (Semmi művészet, 2008, 2010) International awards Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France Order For Merit, Romania Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Austria Herder Prize, Austria and Germany Vilenica Prize, Slovenia Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Germany Angelus Award, Poland , Italy International Masi Grosso d'Oro Veneziano Prize, Italy Membership Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (Darmstadt) Akademie der Künste (Berlin) References Further reading Obituary published in Die Welt (in German) Bibliography Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven (斯蒂文·托托西演). 文学研究的合法化: 一种新实用主义 ·整体化和经主 义文学与文化研究方法 (Legitimizing the Study of Literature: A New Pragmatism and the Systemic Approach to Literature and Culture). Trans. Ma Jui-ch'i (马瑞琪翻). Beijing: Peking University Press, 1997. 111–134. Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. "Cultures, Peripheralities, and Comparative Literature." Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application. By Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998. 121–175. External links Video Interview PEN World Voices at LIVE from the New York Public Library 4 May 2008 A comprehensive record on him in Hungarian Literature Database 1950 births 2016 deaths Writers from Budapest Peter Esterhazy Hungarian male novelists Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Recipients of the Austrian State Prize Postmodern writers Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin 20th-century Hungarian novelists 20th-century Hungarian male writers 21st-century Hungarian novelists Eötvös Loránd University alumni Members of the German Academy for Language and Literature Deaths from cancer in Hungary Deaths from pancreatic cancer Herder Prize recipients 21st-century Hungarian