László Krasznahorkai, laureate in literature, speaks during the signing of the Nobel chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday. (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in literature for his surreal and anarchic novels that combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, gave a lecture in Stockholm on Sunday in one of his rare public appearances.

The lecture was part of the Nobel week that is underway in Stockholm and Oslo with laureates holding news conferences and giving speeches before they are awarded the prestigious prizes.

Krasznahorkai’s lecture, which he gave in Hungarian, ranged across topics such as old and new angels, human dignity, hope or the lack thereof, rebellion and his observations

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