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Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature: My Hungary is that of language, not of hussars'

László Krasznahorkai rejects symbolic interpretation of his work, insisting his literature contains no symbols, parables, or hidden meanings despite critical attempts to decode them.

Film

fromwww.courant.com

2 months ago

Hungarian director Bela Tarr, known for his bleak and beautiful films, dies at 70

Béla Tarr, acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker known for lengthy, bleak, black-and-white films and collaborations with László Krasznahorkai, died at age 70 after a long illness.

Miscellaneous

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

It has become difficult to live': Hungarian writers bemoan country's hostile environment

Gyula honors Laszlo Krasznahorkai's Nobel win while many Hungarian writers emigrate amid growing repression under Viktor Orbán's Fidesz government.

fromThe Atlantic

5 months ago

The Political Power of Timeless Art

His sentences can go on for hundreds of pages; his plots don't resolve, they dissolve; and his persistent mood is existential dread. But the Hungarian novelist's central theme is easily parsed and sadly evergreen. Krasznahorkai writes about the stultifying effects of political oppression, but he also writes in defiance of people's readiness to accept them. As a result, his work is equal parts depressing and invigorating.

Books

#nobel-prize-in-literature

fromwww.aljazeera.com

5 months ago