Peter Esterhazy: Hungarian Author of Celestial Harmonies Dies at 66
July 14, 2016
Peter Esterhazy was a Hungarian writer. Born on April 14, 1950, in Budapest, he trained as a mathematician and began to write in the 1970s.
He is best known abroad for Celestial Harmonies (2001), a novel about his aristocratic family. He won Hungary's Kossuth Prize in 1996 and many European prizes. His works have been published in over 20 languages.
He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015. Esterhazy died in Budapest on July 14, 2016, at age 66.
Achievements: Kossuth Prize (1996).
Birth: April 14, 1950 - Budapest, Hungary.
Profession: Author.
Interesting Facts: He came from an aristocratic Hungarian family.