Man Booker International prize 2015 goes to László Krasznahorkai

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Man Booker International prize 2015 goes to László Krasznahorkai

May 19 2015

The Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai (pronounced Laas-lo Krasna-hor-kai) has won the Man Booker International prize for his “achievement in fiction on the world stage”. Chair of judges Marina Warner, the academic and writer, compared Krasznahorkai’s work to Kafka – the author’s own personal literary hero – and Beckett.

Source: The Guardian

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