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English Excerpt from Herscht 07769  […] the Boss too was very fond of pork liver, even if he cooked pork liver very rarely himself, he usually pan-fried it, of course for that you had to get up early, because those louse-ridden hags were already standing there when the shop opened, he growled at Florian sometimes, standing…

Curious about 2025 literature laureate  but unsure which of his books to pick up first? Here members of the Swedish Academy give their recommendations. Satantango (1985) Steve Sem-Sandberg: Satantango is a debut novel unlike any other. Published in 1985 it predicted the downfall of the communist regime in Hungary four years later. Set on the plains…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “I’m very proud to be in the line of some really great writers and poets.” In this interview, new literature laureate László Krasznahorkai shares his happiness about his Nobel Prize, which came as a surprise. Krasznahorkai speaks about how bitterness is an important driver for him, and also highlights…

László Krasznahorkai receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2025. László Krasznahorkai lecturing at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2025. László Krasznahorkai at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2025. László Krasznahorkai donated a Netsuke depicting a wise elderly man to the…

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 9 October 2025. Interview about the awarded work “As a debut novel, it is magnificent” Following the announcement, Steve Sem-Sandberg, member of the Nobel Committee for Literature, was interviewed by Carin Klaesson about the 2025 Nobel Prize…

Swedish Författaren László Krasznahorkai föddes 1954 i den lilla staden Gyula i sydöstra Ungern, nära gränsen till Rumänien. En liknande, lantlig trakt i periferin blir skådeplats för Krasznahorkais första roman Sátántangó (Satantango, 2015) som utgavs 1985, en bok som blir en litterär sensation i Ungern och författarens stora genombrott. Romanen skildrar med stark suggestionskraft en grupp nergångna människor på…

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Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande9 oktober 2025 Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2025 László Krasznahorkai Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2025 tilldelas den ungerska författaren László Krasznahorkai, ”för hans visionära och kraftfulla författarskap som mitt i undergångens fasa upprätthåller tron på konstens möjligheter”.

English The author László Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in the small town of Gyula in southeast Hungary, near the Romanian border. A similar remote rural area is the scene of Krasznahorkai’s first novel Sátántangó, published in 1985 (Satantango, 2012), which was a literary sensation in Hungary and the author’s breakthrough work. The novel portrays, in powerfully suggestive terms,…

English The Permanent Secretary Press Release9 October 2025 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 László Krasznahorkai The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.