Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose philosophical, bleakly funny novels often unfold in single sentences, won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for his for his “compelling and visionary...

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his visionary and compelling work that reaffirms the power of art amid apocalyptic themes.

He is the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature since Imre Kertész in 2002, joining an illustrious lineage that includes Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison and Kazuo Ishiguro.