Literature can only ever hope to hold chaos together, perhaps only by a comma,” said Laszlo Krasznahorkai in his acceptance speech for the Man Booker International Prize — a sentiment that now resonates even more deeply with his 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature win.

Laszlo Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

Krasznahorkai follows in the footsteps of literary greats including Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus and Toni Morrison in winning the prestigious award.