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László Krasznahorkai

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter · Hungary · On the map · Writers · Born 1954 · age 72

László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes.

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2026Artisjus AwardAward2025Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward2024Prix FormentorAward2023Prix Laure BataillonAward2019National Book Award for Translated LiteratureAward2015International Booker PrizeAward2014America Award in LiteratureAwardVilenica PrizeAward2008Prize of the Society of WritersAward2004Kossuth PrizeAward1999Alföld PrizeAward1998Márai Sándor PrizeAward1993Preis der SWR-BestenlisteAward1983Móricz Zsigmond GrantAward1954Born5 January 1954

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László Krasznahorkai
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  1. Get it into your thick head that jokes are just like life. Things that begin badly, end badly. Everything's fine in the middle, it's the end you need to worry about.

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Awards

Artisjus Award2026
Nobel Prize in Literature2025
Prix Formentor2024
Prix Laure Bataillon2023
Austrian State Prize for European Literature2021
National Book Award for Translated Literature2019
International Booker Prize2015
Vilenica Prize2014
America Award in Literature2014
Prize of the Society of Writers2008
Kossuth Prize2004
Laureate of the Hungarian Republic2002
Alföld Prize1999
Márai Sándor Prize1998
Preis der SWR-Bestenliste1993
Móricz Zsigmond Grant1983

About this person

Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.

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Hungary
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72

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