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The Permanent Secretary

Press Release
9 October 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

Laszlo Krasznahorkai

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian
author Laszlo Krasznahorkai,

"for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of
apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art".

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