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Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai, known for his dystopian and apocalyptic 1985 satedThis year’s recipients of the prestigious awards are nobel prize In literature.
The Nobel committee awarded the prize to the 71-year-old for his “compelling and visionary work that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, affirms the power of art”.
Three days after the Nobel Prize respect for work in scienceliterary award was announced by the Nobel Committee But Swedish Academy Thursday in Stockholm.
Krasznahorkai’s works have won numerous awards, including the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature and the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. Many of his works including sated And sadness of resistance, Has been adapted into feature films.
Born in Gyula, Hungary in 1954, Krasznahorkai made his debut satedA haunting, intricately structured novel It portrays a group of people living in a decaying Hungarian village before the fall of Soviet rule. The community is led by Irimias, a charismatic man long believed dead, who suddenly returns under mysterious circumstances.
In 1994, the book was adapted into a seven-hour film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. It is considered one of the best arthouse films of all time.
One of his greatest works, sadness of resistanceTakes place over the course of a few days in a provincial town in Hungary, where apocalyptic events occur as mass unrest erupts in the Eastern Bloc.
The Swedish Academy praised Krasznahorkai’s unique writing style, with long sentences and unbroken paragraphs that span pages. This has led critics to compare him to Franz Kafka, Herman Melville, and Nikolai Gogol.
The author’s writing is influenced by his travels in Europe and East Asia after leaving communist Hungary in 1987. His trips to Mongolia and China in particular inspired his works, including in 1992. prisoner of urga and 2004 Destruction and sorrow under heaven,
His other works include war and war (1999), which tells the story of a Hungarian man who finds an ancient manuscript that tells the epic story of several soldiers struggling to survive a devastating conflict. Seiobo down therePublished in 2008, the Japanese goddess Syobo is depicted returning to the mortal realm in search of absolute perfection.
Krasznahorkai is the second Hungarian writer to receive the award, after the late Imre Kertész, who won the award in 2002.
Other writers have also expressed their possibility of winning the award. Norwegian Wood Author Haruki Murakamicanadian novelist margaret atwoodBritish-American writer Salman Rushdie, and Chinese avant-garde writer Can Xue.
Every year, thousands of Academy members, university professors, scientists, past Nobel laureates, and members of parliamentary assemblies are asked to submit candidates for the Nobel Prizes. The names of the nominated persons cannot be revealed until after 50 years.
last year, Han Kang received the awardA South Korean writer known internationally for her novels Vegetarian And human actHan was selected by the Nobel Committee for his “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.
Each prize carries a prize of 11 million Swedish kronor (£870,000). The winners also receive an 18 carat gold medal and a diploma.
Krasznahorkai will formally receive the medal and diploma at a ceremony in Stockholm in December.
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 119 times since 1901. Recent award winners include Annie Ernaux, Bob Dylan, Abdulrazaq Gurnah, Lewis Gluck, Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk.
It has long faced criticism that it focuses too much on European and North American writers of genre-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been male-dominated, with only 18 women among its winners.
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. Despite recently telling UN delegates that “everybody says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize”, US President Donald Trump is considered a long shot.