2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Hungarian writer is known for long, dark novels including Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance, both made into films by the director Béla Tarr.
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai. The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on 9 October 2025.
The citation
The citation reads: "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art".
The laureate
László Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in Gyula, Hungary.
Why it matters
The Hungarian writer is known for long, dark novels including Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance, both made into films by the director Béla Tarr.
The prize
The prize is worth 11 million Swedish kronor. It will be presented at a ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite whose will founded the prizes in 1895.
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