Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel prize in literature

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday. The Swedish Academy honoured him "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art."

The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 11 million crowns ($1.2 million). ($1 = 9.3420 Swedish crowns).

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Krasznahorkai is considered by many as Hungary's most important living author whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy.

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