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László Krasznahorkai

László Krasznahorkai

Writer · Born May 1, 1954 · Gyula, Hungary

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Biography

László Krasznahorkai (born January 5, 1954) is a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. He is known for difficult and demanding novels, often labelled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, notably his novels Satantango (Sátántangó, 1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989), have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.

Wrote 6

2000s

  1. 2008

    The Man from London

    Screenplay

  2. 2001

1990s

  1. 1994
  2. 1990

    The Last Boat

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1988

    Damnation

    Writer

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Baron Returns

    Himself