The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian writer who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality “to the point of madness.”

Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Krasznahorkai is widely recognised for his 1985 novel Satantango and his dystopian works, which have earned him numerous accolades, including the 2019 National Book Award for translated literature an...