At a “very very difficult time for earth”, the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.

In his first comments after the win, the 71-year-old author, screenwriter and musician said he was very sad to think of the state of the world now, and yet he felt that the “bitterness” could be an inspiration for writers. Talking to Jenny Rydén of the Nobel Prize, Krasznahorkai hoped writers could “give something for the next generation, somehow to survive this time because these are very, very dark times and we need much more power in us to survive”. Krasznahorkai grew up in Soviet-era Hungary, wrote his first novels under difficult circu

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