"The Academy cited the 71-year-old's compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art. Krasznahorkai is known for his dystopian, melancholic novels, which have won numerous prizes, including the 2019 National Book award for translated literature and the 2015 Man Booker International prize. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance, have been adapted into feature films."
"Often described as postmodern, Krasznahorkai is known for his long, winding sentences, dystopian and melancholic themes, and the kind of relentless intensity that has led critics to compare him to Gogol, Melville and Kafka. Satantango, was famously adapted into a seven-hour film by director Bela Tarr, with whom Krasznahorkai has had a long creative partnership. Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess,"
Laszlo Krasznahorkai, born in Gyula, Hungary in 1954, received the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature at age 71 for a compelling, visionary body of work that reaffirms the power of art amid apocalyptic terror. He is known for dystopian, melancholic novels, long winding sentences and a relentless intensity that has drawn comparisons to Gogol, Melville, Kafka and Thomas Bernhard. His 1985 debut Satantango portrays a collapsing rural community and later inspired a seven-hour film by Bela Tarr, with whom he has collaborated extensively. Major awards include the 2019 National Book Award for translated literature and the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. Only a few works have been translated into English, and travel has shaped his career.
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