PÉTER ESTERHAZY
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t might be more reassuring if the writer thought less in terms of the people and the nation, and more in terms of subject and predicate. (Péter Esterházy)

1950 born in Budapest
1969-74 studied mathematics at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
1974 his first writings were published in various literary journals
1996 Kossuth Prize
1996-97 a stipend from the Berliner Wissenschaftkolleg

He writes novels, short stories, essays and drama. His work is characterized by stylistic diversity and formal experimentation - pastiche, quotations, fragments, puns, allusions, subtexts and much more - which show his interest in language philosophy.

 

 

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