Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 9: Hungarian literary titan Laszlo Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature, cementing his status as one of the most formidable and visionary writers of the postmodern era. The Swedish Academy, in its announcement, praised his “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
At 71, Krasznahorkai becomes the second Hungarian to receive literature’s highest honour, after Imre Kertész in 2002. He also holds the distinction of being the first Hungarian recipient of the Man Booker International Prize, which he won in 2015. A master of sprawling narratives, disorienting structures, and philosophical depth, Krasznahorkai has built a body of work that is as daunti