'Visionary' Hungarian author Laszlo wins Literature Nobel
Oct 10, 2025
Budapest [Hungary], October 10: Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art," the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
"Laszlo 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," the academy said.
"But there are more strings to his bow, and he also looks to the East in adopting a more contemplative, finely calibrated tone." Novelist and screenwriter Krasznahorkai, 71, was born in the small town of Gyula in south-eastern Hungary, near the Romanian border. He had been seen for years as a strong contender for the Nobel Prize.
Source: Qatar Tribune
