Hungarian author, László Krasznahorkai received his Nobel Prize in Literature on Monday during an official prize-winning ceremony. He is one of the most captivating living-authors of today and popularly known for his mesmerising, poetic and dark novel, Satantango, which was also turned into a film (directed by Béla Tarr). Some of his other works include The Melancholy of Resistance and Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming.
In his banquet speech, he thanked all publishers and translators and all the authors that influenced him including Franz Kafka, Péter Hajnóczy, Ernő Szabó and Imre Simonyi. Other inspirations he mentioned include Attila József, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, William Faulkner, Thomas Pynchon, Max Seebald and Patti Smith.
László Krasznahorkai also gave a lecture in his typical poetic style, describing in long sentences his pessimistic views about the course of the world, warning that good may not be as strong as evil and that rebellion is needed to foster hope and dignity.
You can watch the full ceremony of his prize here.
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