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The Academy awarded Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art,” Mats Malm, the secretary of the academy, said in his laudation.
“László Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess. But there are more strings to his bow, and he also looks to the East in adopting a more contemplative, finely calibrated tone,” the academy said in a statement.
Krasznahorkai, 71, will receive 11 million Swedish crowns (HUF 388 million) along with the prize, which is traditionally handed over on December 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death.
President Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have congratulated Krasznahorkai for his Nobel Prize.
“I warmly congratulate László Krasznahorkai for his Nobel Prize in Literature,” Sulyok said on Facebook.
“The pride of Hungary, the first Nobel Prize winner from Gyula, László Krasznahorkai. We congratulate you,” Orbán said on Facebook.
Opposition Tisza Party leader Péter Magyar and Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony also congratulated Krasznahorkai.
Magyar said on Facebook that “we respectfully congratulate László Krasznahorkai on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature”.
“The best novels by the latest Hungarian Nobel Prize winner depict the forgotten Hungarian provinces and the world of people oppressed by those in power,” he added.
Karácsony quoted Krasznahorkai: “You have to tell people the truth, and artists must create architecture, poetry, music, science, and thought in this spirit.”
He added on Facebook that Krasznahorkai is “a perfect and well-deserved recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Congratulations from the bottom of my heart!”
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