Person
László Krasznahorkai
Writing · Born 1954-05-01 · Gyula, Hungary
Biography
László Krasznahorkai (born January 5, 1954) is a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. He is known for difficult and demanding novels, often labelled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, notably his novels Satantango (Sátántangó, 1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989), have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.
Known for
Satantango
Novel
Werckmeister Harmonies
Writer
Damnation
Writer
The Turin Horse
Screenplay
The Baron Returns
Himself
The Man from London
Screenplay
The Last Boat
Writer
Filmography
- 2018The Baron ReturnsHimself
- 2011The Turin HorseScreenplay
- 2008The Man from LondonScreenplay
- 2001Werckmeister HarmoniesWriter
- 1994SatantangoNovel
- 1990The Last BoatWriter
- 1988DamnationWriter
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