Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
“Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess,” the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize worth $1.2 million, said in a statement.
“But there are more strings to his bow, and he also looks to the East in adopting a more contemplative, finely calibrated tone.”
Speaking to Swedish Radio, Krasznahorkai, 71, said his greatest inspiration as a novelist was ‘the bitterness’.
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