Jobbik spokeswoman Dóra Dúró declared in an open letter to President János Áder that Kertész is unworthy of the award because of his remarks he made in the past about Hungarians .

The website of the Jewish periodical Szombat carried excerpts from an essay contributed by Index staff writer Gábor Miklósi under the title “Imre Kertész has become the government’s Holocaust clown”.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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