Agota Kristof

Agota Kristof is a writer of Hungarian origin, who publishes mainly French novels.

Biography

Kristof was born on October 30 1935. At the age of 21 she had to leave her country when the Hungarian anti-communist revolution was suppressed by the Soviet military. She, her husband and their 4 months old daughter escaped to Neuchâtel in Switzerland. After 5 years of loneliness and exile, she quit her work in a factory and left her husband. She started studying French and began to write novels in that language.

Related Topics:
October 30 - 1935 - Anti-communist revolution - Soviet - Neuchâtel - Switzerland

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