Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Swedish Academy hailed as a “visionary body of work” that reaffirms art’s power amid chaos.
Known for his dense, hypnotic prose and philosophical depth, Krasznahorkai is the second Hungarian to win the award after Imre Kertész in 2002. His 1985 debut, ‘Satantango’, depicted the despair of life on a collapsing collective farm in post-communist Hungary.
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Frequently likened to Kafka and Thomas Bernhard, his novels explore absurdity, endurance, and human fragility. Several works, including ‘Satantango’ and ‘The Werckmeister Harmonies’, were adapted into acclaimed films by Béla Tarr. The Academy described him as a writer who transforms despair into profound artistic expression.
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