László Krasznahorkai

László Krasznahorkai is an author and screenwriter, who grew up in Hungary under communist rule. In 2015, he was awarded the prestigious Man Booker International Prize; in 2019 he received the National Book Award from the us National Book Foundation. Krasznahorkai debuted in 1985 with the novel Satantango, which was made into a widely acclaimed seven-hour drama film directed by Béla Tarr in 1994 — in collaboration with Krasznahorkai himself. From this point onward, Tarr’s entire oeuvre was made only from Krasznahorkai’s novels with the author’s help. Krasznahorkai’s work includes books like The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), War & War (1999), Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens (2004) and Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming (2016), as well as many essays and short stories. He has been honored with numerous literary prizes.