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László Krasznahorkai

Novelist; Nobel laureate in literature

Hungary · b. 1954

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Hungarian novelist, author of Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance, and a long-standing collaborator of the film-maker Béla Tarr. Awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Question Do you rely on inspiration or discipline to make work? Craft & work read 26 other answers →
The bitterness. I am very sad if I think of the status of the world now. This is my deepest inspiration. This could be also an inspiration for the next generation or generations in literature. Inspiration to give something for the next generation, somehow to survive this time because these are very, very dark times and we need much more power in us to survive this time than before.
Recorded Nobel Prize telephone interview with Jenny Rydén, published by Nobel Prize Outreach, The Nobel Prize, 9 October 2025 source ↗

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