BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Internationally acclaimed Hungarian writer Gyorgy Konrad, a leading figure in the dissident movement under communist rule, died on Friday at the age of 86 after a long illness, state news ageny MTI reported, citing his family.
Konrad, who was born into a Jewish family and survived the Holocaust, wrote his first novel, "The Case Worker", in 1969. It was soon translated into 13 languages, according to his website.
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