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Biography
László Krasznahorkai (born January 5, 1954) is a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. He is known for difficult and demanding novels, often labelled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, notably his novels Satantango (Sátántangó, 1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989), have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.
Awards & recognition
- Artisjus Award · 2026
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 2025
- Prix Formentor · 2024
- Prix Laure Bataillon · 2023
- Austrian State Prize — European Literature · 2021
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- National Book Award — Translated Literature · 2019
- International Booker Prize · 2015
- America Award in Literature · 2014
- Vilenica Prize · 2014
- Prize of the Society of Writers · 2008
- Kossuth Prize · 2004
- Laureate of the Hungarian Republic · 2002
- Alföld Prize · 1999
- Márai Sándor Prize · 1998
- Preis der SWR-Bestenliste · 1993
- Móricz Zsigmond Grant · 1983
- International Booker Prize · 2018 · nominated
