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Born 5 January 1954
Also known as Krasznahorkai, László., L. Krasznahorkai, Krasznahorkai
Krasznahorkai László (született 1954. január 5-én) magyar regényíró és forgatókönyvíró. Krasznahorkai nehéz és igényes, gyakran posztmodernnek bélyegzett regényeiről ismert, amelyek disztópikus és melankolikus témákat boncolgatnak. Számos művéből, köztük a Sátántangó (1985) és Az ellenállás melankóliája (1989) című regényeiből Tarr Béla rendező filmet készített. 2025-ben irodalmi Nobel-díjat kapott.
László Krasznahorkai (born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. 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. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2025.
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"Any sense we had of existence was merely a reminder of the incomprehensible futility of existence, a futility that would repeat itself ad infinitum..." The first half of this double novella relates a failed academic's drunken retelling of his sponsored trip…
Krasznahorkai's oeuvre has a particular focus on futility, that the good times are behind us, that the future is nonexistent. Yet, there is spiritual resistance to this futility through art. Art exists wholly outside the sphere of our otherwise banal existenc…
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