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.

Movies have been made by director Béla Tarr from his works and with his collaboration: Damnation, Satanstango, The Last Boat, Werckmeister Harmony. He lives in the hills of Pilis nearby Budapest, Hungary. He has won numerous prizes. His works have been translated into English (New Directions Publishers), into German (Ammann), into French (Gallimard), into Spanish (Acantilado), into Polish (W.A.B.) into Czech (Host), into Bulgarish (Stigmati), into Japanese (Shoraisha, Keio) etc.