Overview

• The Swedish Academy announced the selection in Stockholm on October 9.
• The official citation praised an oeuvre that confronts terror with artistic force, calling it convincing and visionary.
• Signature works cited in coverage include Satantango (1985) and Melancolia della resistenza (1989).
• His fiction has fueled acclaimed films by Béla Tarr, including the 1994 Satantango and The Turin Horse (2011).
• Each Nobel includes a gold medal, a diploma and 11 million Swedish kronor, with recent laureates including Han Kang (2024) and Jan Fosse (2023).