Magyar Writer Krasznahorkai László Receives Nobel Award in Literature
The Hungarian writer has received the prestigious Nobel in Literature.
The Magyar novelist was honored "for his compelling and forward-thinking oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic fear, asserts the might of creative expression."
He has written 5 books and garnered countless other writing prizes, for instance the 2015's Booker International, and the 2013 best rendered book award in Narrative for his debut book Satantango, a postmodern work about the conclusion of the world.
The writer is the next Hungarian author to receive the honor subsequent to the deceased Kertesz Imre, who received in the year 2002.
Born in 1954, László Krasznahorkai earned acclaim in 1985 when he released Satantango, which he converted for the cinema in the mid-1990s.
The b&w drama, by Magyar director Bela Tarr, is renowned for its 7-hour running time.
Krasznahorkai's other works include:
- The Melancholy of Resistance (1989)
- "War and War" (1999)
- "Seiobo There Below" (2008)
The Nobel Prize in Literature described Krasznahorkai as "a great grand author in the European custom that extends via Franz Kafka to Bernhard Thomas, and is characterised by absurdism and distorted overindulgence."
The author's recent book "Herscht 07769" has been called as a major modern Deutsch book, due to its exactness in illustrating the land's societal unrest prior to the global health crisis.
It's a portrayal of a modern hamlet in Thüringen, the Federal Republic of Germany, troubled by social chaos, murder and arson.
"Gentle titan Herscht Florian is an parentless child, raised by a neo-Nazi who has mentored him as a wall writing remover.
"The leader, a Johann Sebastian Bach fanatic, is furious that someone is spraying wolf symbols across the memorials to the famed artist in their former GDR town."
One critique noted it as "therefore grim from beginning to end."
The writer's most recent ironic book, Zsömle Odavan, returns to the Hungarian setting.
The main character is 91-year-old Uncle Kada, who has a hidden claim to the throne but has gone to great lengths to fade away from the world.
Earlier Honors
The author before secured the worldwide Man Booker prize.
