"Soon, it will also have an official copy of a Nobel medal. Congratulations to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the first Nobel winner from Gyula, proclaim billboards in the town, paying tribute to the 71-year-old writer who won this year's Nobel prize in literature for his compelling and visionary oeuvre.. In December, as he accepted the medal at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, many compatriots watched live, including an audience gathered in Gyula's wood-panelled library."
"The author himself was absent and not just because he was accepting the award. Like many Hungarian artists and writers these days, Krasznahorkai no longer lives in his home country. As it prepares for its toughest re-election campaign since winning power in 2010, Viktor Orban's far-right Fidesz government is presiding over an increasingly hostile and repressive climate, say authors and rights groups. The state has taken control of one of the country's largest publishers, homophobic legislation has reshaped bookshops and writers complain of shrinking opportunities."
Gyula is a tranquil town in eastern Hungary known for its sausages, a castle and a library, and it lacks a direct rail connection to Budapest. The town will receive an official copy of a Nobel medal in honor of Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the first Nobel winner from Gyula. Krasznahorkai, 71, won the Nobel prize in literature for a compelling and visionary oeuvre and accepted the medal at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. Residents watched the ceremony and Gyula held readings, workshops and an exhibition of Hungarian Nobel laureates. Krasznahorkai no longer lives in Hungary. Authors and rights groups say the Fidesz government has presided over an increasingly hostile and repressive climate, seized control of a major publisher, enacted homophobic legislation that reshaped bookshops, and narrowed opportunities for writers.
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