László Krasznahorkai

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Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, born in Gyula, Hungary, 1954.

His important works:

  • Satanstango, novel, 1985.
  • Relations of grace, short stories, 1986.
  • Melancholy of resistance, novel, 1989.
  • The prisoner of Urga, novel, 1992.
  • War and war, novel, 1999.
  • From North a Hill, from South a Lake, from East a road, from West a river, novel, 2003.
  • Destroy and Sorrow under the Heaven, novel, 2004

Several movies have been made by director Béla Tarr from Krasznahorkai's works and with his collaboration: Damnation, Satantango, The Last Boat, Werckmeister Harmonies and " The Man from London". Krasznahorkai lives in the hills of Pilis near Budapest, Hungary. He has won numerous prizes. His works have been translated into English (New Directions Publishers), into German (Ammann), French (Gallimard), Spanish (Acantilado), Polish (W.A.B.), Czech (Host), Bulgarian (Stigmati), and Japanese (Shoraisha, Keio), among other languages.

[edit] Sources

Edit Zsadanyi: Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Kalligram, Bratislava,1999

Texts in French

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