László Krasznahorkai received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2025, making them laureate number 122 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are one of 2 laureates from Hungary.
Our pick for reading László Krasznahorkai for the first time is Sátántangó.
Satantango is set in a ruined Hungarian village, where a group of neighbours wait for a miracle until Irimiás, a man they thought was dead, returns. The novel is built like a dance: six steps forward, six steps back. It is demanding, but it is the book that made him famous and the one Béla Tarr turned into a film.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.