Stockholm, Oct 9: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.
László 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. But there are more strings to his bow, and he also looks to the East in adopting a more contemplative, finely calibrated tone.
Several works including his debut, "Satantango" and "The Melancholy of Resistance", were turned into films by Hungarian director Bela Tarr.
The Nobel judges praised his "artistic gaze which is entirely free of illusion, and which sees through the fragility of the social order combined with his unwavering belief in the power of art."
71-year-old Krasznahorkai has received many awards including the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. He also won the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the US in 2019 for "Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming."
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