: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2002) for Fatelessness , an autobiographical novel about the Holocaust.
The earliest fragments of Hungarian literature were written in Latin, but the first significant vernacular text is the (Funeral Sermon and Prayer) from the late 12th century. This period was dominated by religious hymns, legends of saints (like Saint Margaret), and chronicles. 2. The Renaissance and Reformation (15th–17th Century) Magyar ​irodalom
: Author of the epic Szigeti veszedelem (The Siege of Sziget), which mixed Baroque style with national heroism. : Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature