Hungarian Author László Krasznahorkai Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

László Krasznahorkai has received the Nobel Prize in Literary Arts.

The Magyar author was celebrated "for his gripping and visionary collection that, amidst end-times terror, asserts the might of creative expression."

Krasznahorkai has produced 5 works of fiction and garnered numerous additional literary prizes, including the 2015's Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 top rendered book honor in Fiction for his debut novel Satantango, a contemporary creation concerning the finish of the globe.

He is the 2nd Hungarian writer to obtain the award subsequent to the former Imre Kertesz, who received in the year 2002.

Brought into the world in 1954, the author gained acclaim in 1985 when he released Satantango, which he converted for the movies in the mid-1990s.

The monochrome drama, by Magyar director Tarr Bela, is notable for its 7-hour running time.

Krasznahorkai's other works include:

• "The Melancholy of Resistance" (1989)
• War and War (1999)
• Seiobo There Below (2008)

The Nobel Prize in Literature portrayed him as "an exceptional grand writer in the European tradition that spans by way of Kafka to Bernhard Thomas, and is defined by absurdism and grotesque extremity."

Krasznahorkai's 2021 work "Herscht 07769" has been called as a great modern Deutsch story, because of its accuracy in portraying the nation's social upheaval prior to the pandemic.

It's a representation of a contemporary hamlet in Thüringen, Germany, troubled by social lawlessness, killing and fire-setting.

"Kind giant Herscht Florian is an parentless child, raised by a far-right extremist who has mentored him as a graffiti eraser.

"His employer, a Bach fanatic, is enraged that an individual is spraying canine symbols across the memorials to the renowned artist in their former GDR town."

A assessment described it as "accordingly bleak from beginning to conclusion."

Krasznahorkai's newest ironic novel, Zsömle Odavan, reverts to Hungary.

The protagonist is elderly Józsi Kada, who has a secret entitlement to the throne but has made every effort to fade away from the planet.

Previous Accolades

Krasznahorkai previously received the global Man Booker award.