Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” pic.twitter.com/vVaW1zkWPS

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 9, 2025

The Swedish Academy announced on Thursday that the writer will receive an $11$ million-krona ($\$1.2$ million) award. The literature prize is part of the prestigious annual awards honouring achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace.

These prizes were originally created in the will of the late Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, with an economics prize being added later in $1968$ by the Swedish central bank.

Last year, the prize went to South Korean author Han Kang for her “intense poetic prose” that explored trauma and history.

Recent recipients have a history of tackling serious themes: Svetlana Alexievich ($2015$) was honoured for her critical novels about political regimes in the Soviet Union and Belarus, and Toni Morrison ($1993$) was recognised for her insightful portrayals of difficult life circumstances in American society.

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The Academy has also honoured several notable women recently, including Annie Ernaux of France, Louise Glück of the US, and Olga Tokarczuk of Poland.