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László Krasznahorkai
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Person

László Krasznahorkai

b. 1954

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter

Born
5 Jan 1954 · Gyula
Part ofHungary975 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 83 years
  1. 5 Jan 1954BornBorn in Gyula
  2. 1983AwardMóricz Zsigmond Grant
  3. 1993AwardPreis der SWR-Bestenliste
  4. 1998AwardMárai Sándor Prize
  5. 1999AwardAlföld Prize
  6. 2002AwardLaureate of the Hungarian Republic
  7. 2004AwardKossuth Prize
  8. 2008AwardPrize of the Society of Writers
  9. 2014AwardAmerica Award in Literature
  10. 2014AwardVilenica Prize
  11. 2015AwardInternational Booker Prize
  12. 2019AwardNational Book Award for Translated Literature
  13. 2021AwardAustrian State Prize for European Literature

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1954 – today).

  1. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  3. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  4. 1956Suez Crisis
  5. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  7. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  11. 1968Prague Spring
  12. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  13. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  14. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  17. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  18. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  19. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  20. 1985Schengen Agreement
  21. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  22. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  23. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  25. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  27. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  28. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  29. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  30. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  31. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  32. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  33. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  34. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  35. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  36. 20112011 Norway attacks
  37. 2011Libyan civil war
  38. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  39. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  40. 20142014 FIFA World Cup

Biography

László Krasznahorkai (born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.

In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art".

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