László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954. He has written 14 novels and won multiple awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025, the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 for Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement and the 2024 Prix Formentor. Several of his most famous novels, including Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance, were turned into films by the director Béla Tarr. His books have been translated into forty-two languages, and his most recent, Herscht 07769, was published in 2024. He lives in the hills of Pilisszentlászló in Hungary.
Books by László Krasznahorkai
Enough About Angels
László Krasznahorkai
The brilliant Nobel Prize lecture by László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded for 'his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst…
Herscht 07769
László Krasznahorkai
A masterpiece of form and fiction as one of our greatest living writers tackles our fears of environmental disaster
A Mountain to the North, A Lake to The South, Paths to the West, A River to the East
László Krasznahorkai
An exquisitely beautiful new novel from one of the world's greatest living writers.
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
László Krasznahorkai
The defining master-work of the Man Booker International winner's spectacular career
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai
Krasznahorkai's extraordinary first novel is back – and more devilish than ever.
The Last Wolf & Herman
László Krasznahorkai
Now in paperback, two masterly novellas by Europe's preeminent literary genius
Seiobo There Below
László Krasznahorkai
One of László Krasznahorkai's finest novels available in stunning redesigned paperback
The Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai
One of László Krasznahorkai's finest novels available in stunning redesigned paperback
War and War
László Krasznahorkai
One of László Krasznahorkai's most loved books, published in the UK for the first time