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Hungarian Writer László Krasznahorkai Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

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Hungarian Writer László Krasznahorkai Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Hungary’s Laszlo Krasznahorkai poses for photographers in London on May 19, 2015. Matt Dunham/AP Photo

STOCKHOLM—Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.

The Nobel judges said the 71-year-old author, whose novels sometimes consist of just one long sentence, is “a great epic writer” whose work “is characterized by absurdism and grotesque excess.”

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