Imre Kertész ( ; 9 November 192931 March 2016 ) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature , " for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history " . He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel in Literature . His works deal with themes of Nazi Holocaust ( he was a survivor of a German concentration camp ) , dictatorship and personal freedom . He died on 31 March 2016 , aged 86 , at his home in Budapest after suffering from Parkinson 's disease for several years
Nazi Holocaust
The Holocaust
Imre Kertész