Overview

• The Nobel Committee honored Krasznahorkai for work that confirms art’s force in the face of apocalyptic terror, according to its citation.
• Krasznahorkai thanked Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for congratulations yet rejected his politics, calling himself a free writer in a post on X.
• Budapest publisher Magveto said his new book, Security of the Hungarian Nation, will go on sale on November 11.
• Scholars and critics highlighted his long, rhythmic sentences, philosophical rigor and collaborations with filmmaker Béla Tarr, including adaptations of Satantango and The Turin Horse.
• The laureate’s previous honors include the International Booker (2015), the U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature (2019) and Hungary’s Kossuth Prize (2004).