Born: 14-Apr-1950
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 14-Jul-2016
Cause of death: Cancer - Pancreatic

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Author

Nationality: Hungary
Executive summary: Celestial Harmonies

P�ter Esterh�zy, once hailed as Hungary's greatest living writer, came from an ancient, aristocratic Hungarian family. His father was stripped of his wealth under Communist rule, and forced to work as a parquet-floor layer and police informant. The younger Esterh�zy studied mathematics and worked as a government statistician before achieving literary success. Frequently mentioned as a Pulitzer or Nobel candidate, he is best known beyond Hungary for his Harmonia Caelestis (Celestial Harmonies), a sprawling, kaleidoscopic climb through a fictionalized representation of his family tree.

His brother, M�rton Esterh�zy, is a well-known former soccer player, and their grandfather, M�ric Esterh�zy, was briefly Prime Minister of Hungary in 1917. Other noteworthy ancestors include Prince Nicolaus Esterh�zy, the patron and beloved friend of composer Joseph Haydn, and Major Count Ferdinand Walsin-Esterh�zy, the French traitor who prepared false evidence against Alfred Dreyfus.

Father: Mátyás Esterházy (count/laborer)
Mother: Lili Manyoky (m. 1948)
Brother: Márton Esterházy (soccer player)

    High School: Budapesti Piarista Gimnázium, Budapest, Hungary (1968)
    University: BS Mathematics, Eötvös Loránd University (1974)

    Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2004
    Hungarian Ministry of Furnaces and Heavy Machinery Statistician (1974-78)

Author of books:
Fancsik� �s Pinta (Fantsiko and Pinta) (1976, short stories)
P�pai vizeken ne kal�zkodj (Do Not Make Piracy on Papal Waters) (1977, short stories)
Termel�si-reg�ny Kisssreg�ny (Novel of Production) (1979)
F�ggő (Indirect or Suspended (1981)
Ki szavatol a lady biztons�g��rt? (Who Grants the Security of the Lady?) (1982)
Fuharosok (The Transporters) (1983)
Kis Magyar Pornogr�fia (Little Hungarian Pornography) (1984)
A Sz�v Seg�dig�i (Helping Verbs of the Heart) (1985)
Bevezet�s a Sz�pirodalomba (An Introduction to Literature) (1986)
Tizenh�t Hatty�k (Seventeen Swans) (1987)
A Kit�m�tt Hatty� (1988, essays)
Hrabal K�nyve (The Book of Hrabal) (1990)
Hahn-Hahn Gr�fnő Pillant�sa:Lefel� a Dun�n (The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn: Down the Danube) (1991)
Az Elef�ntcsonttoronyb�l (From the Ivory-Tower) (1991, non-fiction)
A Halacska Csod�latos �lete (The Wonderful Life of Little Fishy) (1991)
Egy K�kharisnya F�ljegyz�seiből (1994, non-fiction)
Egy Nő (She Loves Me) (1995)
Egy K�k Haris (1996, non-fiction)
Harmonia Caelestis (Celestial Harmonies) (2000)
Utaz�s a Tizenhatos M�ly�re (2006)
Deutschlandreise im Strafraum (2006)

Wrote plays:
B�cs�szimf�nia (Farewell Symphony) (1994)

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