The Swedish Academy announced the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 9. This year, Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has been awarded this prize. He has served literature with many books and poems.
The Swedish Academy has said that Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s works are extremely influential and far-sighted. He has introduced the power of art in the midst of an atmosphere of desolation and fear in the world. His books Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance have also been made into films. He is world famous for writing emotional stories with deep thoughts.
Laszlo Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in a small village near the Hungary-Romania border. On winning the Nobel Prize, Laszlo will be given Rs 10.3 crore, a gold medal and a certificate as a reward. The Nobel Academy has so far announced awards in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine and literature. The Nobel Peace Prize has not yet been announced.
It is worth noting that Alfred Nobel was a famous scientist who invented dynamite. After his death in 1896, the award was started in his name from the year 1901. The tradition continues till today and the person awarded the Nobel Prize receives a lot of respect and honor all over the world.
