Hungarian Writer Krasznahorkai László Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The Hungarian writer has awarded the Nobel Prize in Literary Arts.
The Magyar novelist was celebrated "for his powerful and prophetic oeuvre that, in the midst of cataclysmic dread, reaffirms the power of art."
The author has written 5 novels and won countless additional writing prizes, including the 2015 Booker International, and the 2013 top translated work award in Fiction for his debut book Satantango, a postmodern work regarding the finish of the planet.
Krasznahorkai is the 2nd Hungarian writer to pick up the award following the late Imre Kertesz, who received in the year 2002.
Born in 1954, the author earned recognition in 1985 when he released Satantango, which he adapted for the big screen in 1994.
The black-and-white drama, by Hungarian cinematographer Tarr Bela, is notable for its 7-hour length.
His other books comprise:
- Melancholy of Resistance (the late 80s)
- War and War (1999)
- Seiobo There Below (2008)
Nobel committee described him as "a outstanding epic writer in the European tradition that spans by way of Kafka to Bernhard Thomas, and is marked by the absurd and grotesque excess."
His 2021 novel Herscht 07769 has been described as a significant modern Deutsch book, due to its precision in illustrating the country's communal turmoil prior to the pandemic.
This is a portrayal of a modern hamlet in Thuringia, Deutschland, troubled by societal chaos, killing and arson.
"Kind colossus Florian Herscht is an orphan, adopted by a radical who has apprenticed him as a street art cleaner.
"His employer, a Johann Sebastian Bach enthusiast, is enraged that someone is using wolf symbol insignias across the memorials to the celebrated musician in their former GDR municipality."
A critique described it as "thus grim from start to end."
His most recent ironic book, Zsömle Odavan, goes back to Magyarország.
The lead is elderly Józsi Kada, who has a hidden right to the monarchy but has taken extreme measures to fade away from the world.
Prior Accolades
The author previously won the global Booker Prize award.
