A commemorative plaque was unveiled at the childhood home of the 2025 Nobel laureate in literature, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai in Gyula, SE Hungary this Monday, marking the writer's 72nd birthday. The limestone plaque, installed by the local government, was unveiled by the writer's brother, Géza Krasznahorkai, a former director of the Mogyoróssy János City […]

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai was presented with the Nobel Prize in Literature by Swedish King Carl Gustaf XVI at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on Wednesday. In her opening address, Astrid Soderbergh Widding, chair of the Board of the Nobel Foundation, stated that "the prize in literature is awarded to […]

Hungarian Nobel laureate writer László Krasznahorkai talked about rebellion, human dignity, angels and hope in his Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Sunday. "The angels of old are no more, there are only the new ones … and, having lost their wings … they walk among us in simple street clothes," […]

This Thursday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai. According to the official statement, Krasznahorkai received the award for his visionary works, which demonstrate the power of art even in the midst of apocalyptic terror. This is the first time since 2002 that a Hungarian […]