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László Krasznahorkai

Novelist; Nobel laureate in literature

Hungary · b. 1954

Arts and letters

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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 more on inspiration or discipline to make your 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 ↗
Question What fills you with the most pride? Identity & self read 102 other answers →
I’m very happy and I’m very proud, because to be in the line which contains so many really great writers and poets gives me power to use my original language, the Hungarian language. I am really very proud and very happy to use this little language.
Recorded Jenny Rydén, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Nobel Prize, October 2025 source ↗

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