🔗 Share this article Magyar Writer László Krasznahorkai Wins Nobel Prize in Literary Arts The Hungarian writer has won the prestigious Nobel in Literature. The Magyar author was celebrated "due to his gripping and forward-thinking collection that, in the midst of apocalyptic fear, confirms the might of art." Krasznahorkai has authored 5 works of fiction and won countless further writing prizes, including the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013's top translated book award in Fiction for his first book Satantango, a contemporary piece regarding the conclusion of the world. Krasznahorkai is the next Hungarian novelist to obtain the honor after the late Imre Kertesz, who was awarded in 2002. Born in 1954, Krasznahorkai obtained acclaim in 1985 when he released Satantango, which he adapted for the cinema in 1994. The b&w drama, by Magyar cinematographer Tarr Bela, is famous for its lengthy length. His other books comprise: Melancholy of Resistance (the late 80s) War and War (the late 90s) "Seiobo There Below" (2008) Nobel committee described him as "a great grand author in the Central Europe custom that extends via Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is marked by absurdism and bizarre extremity." Krasznahorkai's 2021 novel "Herscht 07769" has been labeled as a great modern German book, owing to its precision in illustrating the nation's societal unrest right before the pandemic. It's a depiction of a contemporary hamlet in Thuringia, the Federal Republic of Germany, plagued by societal chaos, homicide and arson. "Kind colossus Florian Herscht is an orphan, adopted by a far-right extremist who has trained him as a street art eraser. "The Boss, a Bach fanatic, is furious that someone is applying wolf symbol symbols across the memorials to the famed artist in their east German city." One critique noted it as "therefore bleak from start to finish." His latest satirical work, Zsömle Odavan, goes back to Magyarország. The protagonist is ninety-one-year-old Uncle Kada, who has a confidential right to the throne but has made every effort to fade away from the planet. Prior Awards Krasznahorkai before won the international Booker honor. Literary Works Nobel Prize Authorship