Quotes by László Krasznahorkai

About László Krasznahorkai:

László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter who is known for critically difficult and demanding novels, often labeled as 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.
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...mert maguk voltak a létezés, miközben a létezésből mégis ki voltak zárva, vagyis oly közel estek a létezéshez, hogy azonossá váltak vele, és a létezés nem látszik soha, így hát ha itt voltak is, amikor nem voltak itt, belőlük ...

László Krasznahorkai

Irimiás: God is not made manifest in language, you dope. He's not manifest in anything. He doesn't exist... God was a mistake. I've long understood there is zero difference between me and a bug, or a bug and a river, or a river and a voice shouting ...

László Krasznahorkai

Death, he felt, was only a kind of warning rather than a desperate and permanent end.

László Krasznahorkai

Author Bio

  • NameLászló Krasznahorkai
  • DescriptionHungarian novelist and screenwriter
  • AliasesLaszlo Krasznahorkai; Krasznahorkai László
  • BornJanuary 5, 1954
  • CountryHungary; People's Republic Of Hungary
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Novelist
  • WorksSatantango; The Melancholy Of Resistance; War & War
  • AwardsKossuth Prize; Man Booker International Prize; Vilenica Prize; America Award In Literature; Laureate Of The Hungarian Republic; Sándor Márai Prize; Zsigmond Móricz Fellowship; Prize Of The Society Of Writers; Alföld Prize