Agota Kristof

Ágota Kristof ( born October 30, 1935 in Csikvánd, Hungary, † July 27, 2011 in Neuchâtel ) was a Hungarian -Swiss novelist who wrote in French.

Life

Ágota Kristof grew up in the small Hungarian town Kőszeg and came up with 14 years to boarding school. In 1956, after the suppression of the Hungarian uprising, she fled with her husband, who had been her history teacher to her high school graduation, and her four -month daughter in Switzerland. Kristof found a job in a watch factory and learned the French language in which they wrote their books and radio plays since the 1970s. After five years in exile, she left her husband, gave up her job at the watch factory and attended summer courses at the University of Neuchâtel. Kristof's works have been translated into more than 30 languages. She lived until her death in Neuchâtel. Her estate is located in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.

Awards

Works (selection)

Radio plays

  • The big issue in an arrangement by Garleff Zacharias Langhans. Director: Heinz Hostnig. Prod: BR / SWF, 1989, ISBN 3-89584-871-9
  • The epidemic. Director: Wolfgang beef. Prod: hr, 1996.

Plays

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