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The Permanent Secretary
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9 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”.
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