Hungarian Author László Krasznahorkai Wins the Nobel Award in Literature
László Krasznahorkai has received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Hungarian writer was honored "for his powerful and visionary collection that, amidst end-times fear, reaffirms the strength of literature."
He has written 5 novels and garnered countless additional writing awards, for instance the 2015's Booker International, and the 2013's finest translated work prize in Fiction for his debut novel "Satantango", a contemporary work regarding the end of the planet.
Krasznahorkai is the next Magyar author to receive the award after the deceased Kertesz Imre, who won in the year 2002.
Born in 1954, László Krasznahorkai earned fame in 1985 when he released Satantango, which he adapted for the cinema in the mid-1990s.
This monochrome drama, by Magyar film-maker Tarr Bela, is famous for its 7-hour running time.
His additional books consist of:
- Melancholy of Resistance (1989)
- "War and War" (1999)
- Seiobo There Below (2008)
The Nobel Prize in Literature characterized him as "an outstanding sweeping author in the Central European heritage that spans by way of Franz Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdist themes and grotesque overindulgence."
Krasznahorkai's 2021 work Herscht 07769 has been described as a great modern Deutsch novel, owing to its exactness in portraying the nation's social upheaval just before the COVID-19.
It is a depiction of a contemporary hamlet in Thüringen, Deutschland, troubled by social chaos, killing and arson.
"Gentle colossus Florian is an parentless child, taken in by a far-right extremist who has mentored him as a street art cleaner.
"The Boss, a Bach devotee, is enraged that a person is using wolf symbol insignias across the memorials to the renowned artist in their east German town."
One review noted it as "accordingly grim from start to conclusion."
The writer's newest satirical work, "Zsömle Odavan", reverts to Hungary.
The protagonist is ninety-one-year-old Józsi Kada, who has a hidden entitlement to the royal seat but has made every effort to fade away from the planet.
Previous Awards
He earlier secured the international Man Booker honor.
