US EditionNobel Prize in literature goes to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai, praised for his visionary work amid apocalyptic themes, receives the $1.2 million Nobel Prize, marking Hungary’s first literature laureate since 2002.
- The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist.
- The Nobel Committee praised Krasznahorkai for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that reaffirms the power of art.
- Krasznahorkai's work is characterized by absurdism and grotesque excess, winning widespread acclaim.
- He has previously stated he grew up in a predicament and a country where a person accursed with heightened aesthetic and moral sensitivity like him simply cannot survive.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 was awarded on Thursday 9 October to the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, born in 1954 in Gyula, a city in southeastern Hungary. The announcement was made by the Nobel Prize Committee, which highlighted its “convincing and visionary work” for reaffirming the power of art in the midst of apocalyptic scenarios.Krasznahorkai was consolidated as one of the central figures of contemporary Central European lite…
László Krasznahorkai Becomes Second Author Writing in Hungarian To Get the Nobel
Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, it was announced on Thursday, october 9th. The Swedish Academy said in their press release Krasznahorkai was recognized for “his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” The 71-year-old novelist, known for his dystopian works and long-time collaboration with filmmaker Béla Tarr, is the first Hungarian l…
The Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai receives the Nobel Prize in Literature – for works between dark world interpretation, linguistic art and grotesque humour.
László Krasznahorkai, grim Hungarian author whose family hid Jewish roots, wins literature Nobel - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
This year’s Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to a Hungarian writer whose work offers bleak visions of existence, and whose father hid his Jewish ancestry from him for much of his childhood. László Krasznahorkai, the 71-year-old novelist and screenwriter, achieved international acclaim for formally daring books like “Satantango” and “The Melancholy of Resistance,” as well as a series of collaborations with the filmmaker Bela Tarr. He is oft…
His works are complex, gloomy – and warn against totalitarian rulers. So a very current choice.
PORTRAIT. Praised by the Nobel Committee for a work "which, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art", the writer is the second Hungarian to be rewarded.
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