László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life and education
1.2 Career as writer
1.3 Personal life
2 Importance and interpretation Krasznahorkai awarded the Vilenica Prize,
3 Works September 2014
3.1 Books Born 5 January 1954
3.2 Screenplays for films
Gyula, Hungary
3.3 Collections and critical studies
4 Honors and awards Occupation Novelist, screenwriter
5 References Language Hungarian, German
5.1 Notes
Nationality Hungarian
5.2 Further reading
6 External links Alma mater Etvs Lornd University (ELTE)
(University of Budapest)[1]
Jzsef Attila University (JATE)
Career as writer
Since completing his university studies Krasznahorkai has supported himself as an independent author. When
in 1985 his first major publication Satantango achieved success, he was immediately thrust into the forefront of
Hungarian literary life. The book, a dystopian novel set in his native Hungary, is regarded as his most famous.
It received a Best Translated Book Award in the English language in 2013.[5]
He travelled outside of Communist Hungary for the first time in 1987, spending a year in West Berlin as a
recipient of a DAAD fellowship. Since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, he has lived in a variety of locations.[5]
In 1990, for the first time, he was able to spend a significant amount of time in East Asia. He drew upon his
experiences in Mongolia and China in writing The Prisoner of Urga and Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the
Heavens. He has returned many times to China.[6]
In 1993, his novel The Melancholy of Resistance received the German Bestenliste-Prize for the best literary
work of the year.[5][7] In 1996, he was a guest of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.[6] While completing the
novel War and War, he travelled widely across Europe. The American poet Allen Ginsberg was of great
assistance in completing the work; Krasznahorkai resided for some time in Ginsbergs New York apartment,
and he described the poets friendly advice as valuable in bringing the book to life.[8]
In 1996, 2000, and 2005 he spent six months in Kyoto. His contact with the aesthetics and literary theory of the
Far East resulted in significant changes in his writing style and deployed themes.[9] He returns often to both
Germany and Hungary, but he has also spent varying lengths of time in several other countries, including the
United States, Spain, Greece, and Japan,[10] chronicling them in his novel Seiobo There Below, which won the
Best Translated Book Award in 2014.[11]
Beginning in 1985, the renowned director and the author's good friend Bla Tarr made films almost exclusively
based on Krasznahorkai's works, including Stntang and Werckmeister Harmonies.[6] Krasznahorkai said the
2011 film The Turin Horse would be their last collaboration.[12]
Krasznahorkai has received international acclaim from critics. Susan Sontag described him as "the
contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse who inspires comparison with Gogol and Melville".[5] W. G.
Sebald remarked, "The universality of Krasznahorkai's vision rivals that of Gogol's Dead Souls and far
surpasses all the lesser concerns of contemporary writing."[13] In 2015, he received the Man Booker
International Prize, the first Hungarian author to be so awarded.[7]
Personal life
After residing in Berlin, Germany for several years, where he was for six months S. Fischer Guest Professor at
the Free University of Berlin, Krasznahorkai currently resides "as a recluse in the hills of Szentlszl" in
Hungary.[2][14] After divorcing his first wife, Anik Pelyhe, whom he married in 1990, he married his second
wife, Dra Kopcsnyi, a sinologist and graphic designer, in 1997.[2] He has three children: Kata, gnes and
Emma.[2]
Works
Books
2013: Music & Literature No. 2, book length special issue of the magazine with texts by Krasznahorkai
and essays on his work by Bla Tarr and Max Neumann.[16]
References
Notes
1. Krasznahorkai biography (official website) (http://www.krasznahorkai.hu/biography.html) (Retrieved 9 August 2012).
2. "Krasznahorkai, Laszlo 1954"(http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2699000097/krasznahorkai-laszlo-1954.htm
l). Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. 158. 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2012. (Subscription required (help)).
3. Wood, James (4 July 2011). "Madness and Civilization: The very strange fictions of Lszl Krasznahorkai". The New
Yorker. Vol. 87 no. 19. pp. 7175.
4. Grmbei, Andrs."Lszl Krasznahorkai, Hungarian writer"(https://www.ned.univie.ac.at/node/20660). Universitt
Wien. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20150520163905/https://www.ned.univie.ac.at/node/20660)from the
original on 20 May 2015.
5. Bausells, Marta (20 May 2015)."Everything you need to know about Lszl Krasznahorkai, winner of the Man Booker
International prize" (https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/20/man-booker -international-prize-laszlo
-krasznahorkai-who-he-is-and-why-you-should-read-him) . The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
6. "Lszl Krasznahorkai"(http://hungarianreview.com/author/laszlo_krasznahorkai). Hungarian Review. Retrieved
21 May 2015.
7. "Man Booker International prize 2015 won by 'visionary' Lszl Krasznahorkai" (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2
015/may/19/man-international-booker-2015-laszlo-krasznahorkai). The Guardian. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May
2015.
8. "Lszl Krasznahorkai: The Disciplined Madness"(https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/laszlo-krasznahorkai-the-discip
lined-madness/). Guernica. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
9. Vonnak, Diana (25 April 2014)."East Meets East: Krasznahorkai's Intellectual Af fair With Japan" (http://www.hlo.hu/ne
ws/east_meets_east_krasznahorkai_s_intellectual_af fair_with_japan). Hungarian Literature Online.Archived (http://ww
w.webcitation.org/6Yfakjshn?url=http://www.hlo.hu/news/east_meets_east_krasznahorkai_ s_intellectual_affair_with_ja
pan) from the original on 20 May 2015.
10. Csaba Tth (31 July 2014)."Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Hungary has been showing its uglier face the past 25 years" (http://b
udapestbeacon.com/public-policy/laszlo-krasznahorkai-hungary-has-been-showing-its-uglier -face-the-past-25-years/).
The Budapest Beacon. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
11. Kellogg, Carolyn (29 April 2014)."Can you say Laszlo Krasznahorkai?"(http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-
et-jc-can-you-say-laszlo-krasznahorkai-20140429-story .html). Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
12. Hopkins, James (2013)."Interview with Lszl Krasznahorkai"(http://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/transcript/interview-
with-laszlo-kraznahorkai/). Transcript. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
13. "LSZL KRASZNAHORKAI: ANIMALINSIDE"(https://www.aup.edu/news-events/events/2010-09-13/l%C3%A1s
zl%C3%B3-krasznahorkai-animalinside). The American University of Paris. 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
14. Lszl Krasznahorkai Author at New Directions Publishing(http://ndbooks.com/author/laszlo-krasznahorkai)
(Retrieved 9 August 2012).
15. Ervin, Andrew (18 January 2001)."Hungary for More: Let The Melancholy of Resistance be your introduction to
Hungarian literature"(http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/011801/ae.books.shtml). Philadelphia City Paper. Archived
(http://www.webcitation.org/6YfWGngvK?url=http://citypaper.net/articles/011801/ae.books.shtml)from the original on
20 May 2015.
16. "Lszl Krasznahorkai"(http://www.musicandliterature.org/issues/2). Music & Literature Magazine. No. 2. 2013.
Retrieved 11 April 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
17. "Hungarian writer wins Man Booker International Prize"(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Hungarian
-writer-wins-Man-Booker-International-Prize/articleshow/47357743.cms) . The Times of India. 20 May 2015. Archived
(http://www.webcitation.org/6YfVUyjA1?url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Hungarian-writer -win
s-Man-Booker-International-Prize/articleshow/47357743.cms) from the original on 20 May 2015.
18. Post, Chad W. (28 April 2014). "BTBA 2014: Poetry and Fiction Winners" (http://www.rochester.edu/College/translatio
n/threepercent/index.php?id=10932). Three Percent. Archived (http://www.webcitation.org/6YfbqNoyK?url=http://ww
w.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=10932)from the original on 20 May 2015.
19. Post, Chad W. (6 May 2013). "2013 BTBA Winners" (http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.p
hp?id=6982). Three Percent. Archived (http://www.webcitation.org/6Yfc1lvLZ?url=http://www.rochester.edu/College/tr
anslation/threepercent/index.php?id=6982)from the original on 20 May 2015.
20. "Literaturpreis 2010 an Alissa Walser und Lszl Krasznahorkai [Literature Prize 2010 for Alissa W alser and Lszl
Krasznahorkai]" (http://www.spycher-literaturpreis.info/agenda/agenda-artikel/652010-spycher-literaturpreis-2010-an-al
issa-walser-und-laszlo-krasznahorkai.html)(in German). 6 May 2010.Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20150520
162659/http://www.spycher-literaturpreis.info/agenda/agenda-artikel/652010-spycher-literaturpreis-2010-an-alissa-wals
er-und-laszlo-krasznahorkai.html)from the original on 20 May 2015.
Further reading
Auerbach, David "The Mythology of Lszl Krasznahorkai," The Quarterly Conversation, 7 June 2010
Wood, James "Madness and Civilization: The very strange fictions of Lszl Krasznahorkai," The New
Yorker, 4 July 2011, pp. 7175.
Ervin, Andrew (18 January 2001). "Hungary for More: Let The Melancholy of Resistance be your
introduction to Hungarian literature". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on 20 May
2015.
External links
lszl krasznahorkai (official website)
Categories: 1954 births Living people People from Gyula Hungarian novelists Hungarian screenwriters
Male screenwriters Hungarian male writers Postmodern writers Male novelists
Man Booker International Prize winners
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