Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature

Hungary’s Laszlo Krasznahorkai poses for photographers in London in 2015. Picture: Matt Dunham/AP

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, whose philosophical, bleakly funny novels often unfold in single sentences, has won the Nobel Prize in literature for his “compelling and visionary oeuvre”.

Several works including his debut, Satantango, and The Melancholy Of Resistance were turned into films by Hungarian director Bela Tarr.