Overview

• Thursday’s announcement in Stockholm confirms the literature Nobel for Krasznahorkai, with an 11 million SEK award, a gold medal and a diploma, and a December 10 ceremony.
• The prize recognizes his entire body of work, not a single book, countering reports that singled out the novel Herscht 07769.
• Known for long, demanding sentences and dystopian themes, his notable works include Sátántangó, The Melancholy of Resistance, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming and Herscht 07769.
• Sátántangó was adapted into a landmark seven‑hour film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr in 1994, underscoring the author’s cross‑media influence.
• The 71‑year‑old, born in Gyula, becomes Hungary’s second literature laureate after Imre Kertész, adding to prior honors such as the 2015 Man Booker International Prize.