Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Swedish Academy in Stockholm announced that Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025, in recognition of his impactful creativity and literary vision that emphasizes, amidst a "nightmarish horror", the power of art and its ability to redeem.

Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in the town of Gyula in southeastern Hungary, and he has emerged in contemporary Hungarian literature since the publication of his famous novel Sátántangó in 1985, which is characterized by its deep philosophical nature and its blend of symbolism and existential obsession. Other notable works include The Melancholy of Resistance, published in 1989, and he won the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 for the novel "The Melancholy of Resistance".

The value of the Nobel Prize this year is 11 million Swedish kronor (approximately 1.1 million dollars), and the awards will be presented on December 10, the anniversary of the death of the founder of the prizes, the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel (1833–1896).

It is worth mentioning that South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, while Norwegian writer Jon Fosse won in 2023, and French writer Annie Ernaux in 2022.