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Hungarian Novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature 

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Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai has been named the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this on Thursday, celebrating Krasznahorkai for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

Krasznahorkai has become the second Hungarian author to receive the world’s most prestigious literary honour, joining a celebrated list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway, and Kazuo Ishiguro. The award comes with a cash prize of $1.2 million (11 million Swedish kronor) and global recognition for his decades-long contribution to literature.

Born in Gyula, a small town in southeastern Hungary, Krasznahorkai’s body of work often explores chaos, despair, and the human condition under political and existential pressure. His experiences growing up under communist rule and his extensive travels are noteworthy.

Best known for his novels “Satantango” and “The Melancholy of Resistance,” which have been adapted into critically acclaimed films by Béla Tarr, Krasznahorkai’s works are celebrated for their philosophical depth, long sentences, and hypnotic prose. His writing has earned him a loyal readership in Hungary and Germany, where he lived for many years.

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