Novelist
Imre Kertész
Hungarian writer of Fatelessness, drawn from his own deportation to Auschwitz at fourteen, and a Nobel laureate.
Imre Kertész 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 the Holocaust, dictatorship, and personal freedom.
- Born
- 1929-11-09, Budapest, HungaryA Saturday
- Died
- 2016-03-31, Budapest, HungaryA Thursday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1929-11-09, Budapest, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Budapestthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 16°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 15°07′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 5°52′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 25°07′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 23°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 14°25′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 27°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 8°01′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 3°22′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 19°33′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2016-03-31, Budapest, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Budapestthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 11°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 8°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 19°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 23°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 7°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 15°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 16°22′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 19°54′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 10°38′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 17°24′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Imre Kertész was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
