Writing · Novel
Born Oct 30, 1935 · Hungary
Active 2002–2011 · Awards: Kossuth Prize, Prix du Livre Inter, Preis der SWR-Bestenliste, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Gottfried-Keller-Preis, ADELF European Literary Prize, Prix Suisse-Canada
Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier.