STOCKHOLM: Laszlo Krasznahorkai, widely regarded as Hungary’s most significant living novelist, received the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Krasznahorkai’s writings address themes of sadness and postmodern dystopia.
He was honored by the Swedish Academy “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
According to the author, “I’m very happy, I’m calm, and I’m very nervous altogether,” Sveriges Radio in Sweden reported.
“It is my first day as a Nobel prize winner,” stated the winner.
The Academy emphasized “Satantango,” Krasznahorkai’s debut novel released in 1985 that made him famous in Hungary and is now his best-known work.
