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2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

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2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai (born 1954) "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art." He is the second Hungarian Nobel laureate in Literature after Imre Kertész in 2002.

Infobox

Date
mw- 9 October 2025 (announcement) 10 December 2025 (ceremony)
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Presented by
Swedish Academy
First award
1901
Website
2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Tables

· Nobel Committee
Seat No.
Seat No.
Committee Members
Seat No.
Committee Members
Picture
Committee Members
Name
Committee Members
Elected
Committee Members
Position
Committee Members
Profession
4
4
Committee Members
4
Committee Members
Committee Members
Anders Olsson (b. 1949)
Committee Members
2008
Committee Members
committee chair
Committee Members
literary critic, literary historian
11
11
Committee Members
11
Committee Members
Committee Members
Mats Malm (b. 1964)
Committee Members
2018
Committee Members
associate memberpermanent secretary
Committee Members
translator, literary historian, editor
9
9
Committee Members
9
Committee Members
Committee Members
Ellen Mattson (b. 1963)
Committee Members
2019
Committee Members
member
Committee Members
novelist, essayist
14
14
Committee Members
14
Committee Members
Committee Members
Steve Sem-Sandberg (b. 1958)
Committee Members
2021
Committee Members
member
Committee Members
journalist, author, translator
13
13
Committee Members
13
Committee Members
Committee Members
Anne Swärd (b. 1969)
Committee Members
2019
Committee Members
member
Committee Members
novelist
16
16
Committee Members
16
Committee Members
Committee Members
Anna-Karin Palm (b. 1961)
Committee Members
2023
Committee Members
associate member
Committee Members
novelist, culture writer
Committee Members
Seat No.
Picture
Name
Elected
Position
Profession
4
Anders Olsson (b. 1949)
2008
committee chair
literary critic, literary historian
11
Mats Malm (b. 1964)
2018
associate memberpermanent secretary
translator, literary historian, editor
9
Ellen Mattson (b. 1963)
2019
member
novelist, essayist
14
Steve Sem-Sandberg (b. 1958)
2021
member
journalist, author, translator
13
Anne Swärd (b. 1969)
2019
member
novelist
16
Anna-Karin Palm (b. 1961)
2023
associate member
novelist, culture writer

References

  1. "Why the Latest Nobel Prize Winner Makes Perfect Sense"
    https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/10/nobel-laureate-laszlo-krasznahorkais-timeless-politics/684506/
  2. "László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025"
    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/09/laszlo-krasznahorkai-wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2025
  3. The Nobel Committee 2025 – Nobel Prize in Literature svenskaakademien.se
    https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/the-nobel-prize-in-literature/the-nobel-committee
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