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November 24-27, 2022

Author of honor at the Book Fair(y) in Istria :: Pula, Croatia :: Krasznahorkai is invited as a guest of honor to open this year book fair in Pula and to present his two new books in Croatian: Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming and Spadework for a Palace.

November 19, 2022

Roundtable conversation at the Nexus Conference :: Amsterdam, Holland :: Krasznahorkai is invited to take a part on the next conference titled "The War and the Future" - of the Nexus Institute

November 1, 2022

To the North a Mountain... in English :: New York, USA :: Krasznahorkai's next English translation will be published by New Directions

October 29, 2022

Reading and conversation at the Deutsche Sebald Gesellschaft :: Allgäu, Germany :: Krasznahorkai is invited with Herscht 07769 to take a part at their annual conference this year.

October 18, 2022

Herscht 07769 in Italian :: Milan, Italy :: Krasznahorkai's last novel will be published by Bompiani, translated by Dóra Várnai.

October 8, 2022

Reading and conversation at the Pamplona Meetings 1972 :: Pamplona, Spain :: Krasznahorkai takes part at the event series on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Pamplona Meetings 1972

September27, 2022

Spadework For a Palace in English :: New York, USA :: Krasznahorkai's newest English translation will be published in the initial batch of Storybook ND series which is created and curated by the writer and translator Gini Alhadeffby for New Directions.

September 19-20, 2022

Author of honor at the Prosefest 2022:: Novi Sad, Serbia :: Krasznahorkai is invited as a guest of honor to the yearly litareary festival in Novi Sad, where he was awarded the Milovan Vidaković Prize for his ouvre.

June 22-27, 2022

Reading tour with Herscht 07769 :: Germany

22.6. - Weimar, Literaturfestival Lesarten
24.6. - Jena, Lesezeichen e.V
25.6. - Berlin, Knesebeck 11.
29.6. - Frankfurt, Literaturfestival LiteraTurm

June 11, 2022

Book signing at Festive Book Week :: Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai will have a book signing event at the booth of his publisher Magvető

Spring, 2022

War and War in Dutch :: Amsterdam, Holland :: Krasznahorkai's next book in Dutch was published again by Wereldbibliotheek, translated by Mari Alföldy

The Melancholy of Resistance in Finnish :: Helsinki, Finland :: The second into Finnish translated novel by Krasznahorkai has been recently published by Kustannusosakeyhtiö Teos, translated by

May 25-28, 2022

Reading and conversation at the event series Crossing of Civilisations :: Venice, Italy :: Krasznahorkai is invited with Seiobo There Below to the University in Venice.

May 19, 2022

The Libri Prize for Herscht 07769 :: Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai has been awarded the seventh Libri Prize for his latest novel Herscht 07769

March 28-31, 2022

Reading tour with Herscht 07769 :: Austria

28.3.22 - Eisenstadt, Haus der Begegnung
29.3.22 - Graz, Literaturhaus
31.3.22 - Fried-Tage Wien, Literaturhaus

March 12, 2022

Reading and conversation at the LibriCome book festival :: Rome, Italy :: Krasznahorkai is invited with his last book in Italian Seiobo There Below to the this book festival organised by Radio3.

March 4, 2022

Book presentation event of the Europe Anthology Grasset :: Paris, France:: Krasznahorkai is invited with a text to this unique anthology, which will be published by Éditions Grasset on the occasion of French Presidency of the EU

February, 2022

The Last Wolf & Herman in Korean :: Alma Publishing, Korea :: Krasznahorkai's newest book in Korean has been recently publsihed in Seoul, translated by Seungyoung Noh

 

2022

December, 2021

Herscht 07769 on ORF Bestenliste :: Vienna, Austria :: The German edition of HERSCHT 07769 has been selected for 'book of the month' by the ORF Bestenliste in December

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming in Rumanian :: Bucarest, Rumania :: The second book in Rumanian, translated by Ildikó Gábos-Foarțai, has been published by Pandora M

November 13, 2021

Reading and conversation on Herscht 07769 in Freiburg :: The only event of Krasznahorkai's fall reading tour was held in Kunsthaus Freiburg

November, 2021

Seiobo There Below in Italian :: Milan, Italy :: The next book in Italian, translated by Dóra Várnai, has been published by Bompiani

Chasing Homer in English :: New York, USA :: The newest short story of Krasznahorkai has been published in English by New Directions, translated by John Batki

Fall, 2021

The fall reading tour with Herscht 07769 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria has been cancelled due to the pandemic ::

Berlin / premier - November 10, 2021
Freiburg - November 13, 2021
Zürich - November 15, 2021
Graz - November 23, 2021
München - November 25, 2021

October 13, 2021

Herscht 07769 in German :: Frankfurt, Germany :: The German version of Krasznahorkai's newest work translated by Heike Flemming will be published by S.Fischer Verlag

August, 2021

The World Goes on in Slovenian :: Ljubjana, Slovenia :: The second book of Krasznahorkai has been published by Beletrina

July 26, 2021

Austrian National Prize for life-work :: Vienna, Austria :: László Krasznahorkai has received the Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur for his life-work in 2021. The official award ceremony took place at the Mozarteum, in the frame of Salzburg Festival 2021

June, 2021

Chasing Homer's audio book :: Budapest, Hungary :: The tunes of Chasing Homer was recorded with jazz musician Szilveszter Miklós in summer 2019. In a studio of the Budapest Music Center the author read aloud all the certain chapters--according to his own words--in an "enchanting" way to the heart of the musician. This unique recording process originally dealt as working documentation, but it will be disclosed to the public by Magvető publishing house soon

May, 2021

Austrian National Prize for life-work :: Vienna, Austria :: László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur for his life-work in 2021. The official award ceremony takes place at the Salzburg Festival 2021

March 16-18 - conversations in relations to Herscht 07769 in the series "Master courses" of the Magvető publishing house: with physicist Gábor Etesi on a foggy question of quantum physics, with musicologist János Mácsai about the essence of Johann Sebastian Bach's music, and with sociologist, policy analyst Anikó Félix about the Hungarian neo-Nazi movements. More details soon on the Facebook-event site of Magvető here

February 18, 2021

Herscht 07769 is out of the press :: Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai's newest work will be published in Hungarian by Magvető publishing house. Events organised around the publication:

February 18 - online reading: Gábor Máté, actor and theater director reads excerpts of the newly published book. More details soon on the Facebook-event site of Magvető here

February 19 - virtual launch: János Szegő, editor of the book and the author in conversation. More information here

February, 2021

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming in Norwegian :: Oslo, Norwegia :: Krasznahorkai's novel in Norwegian has been published by Cappelen Damm, translated by Ove Lund Magvető

Seiobo There Below reprinted :: Budapest, Hugary :: The revised edition of Krasznahorkai's novel has been published in Hungarian by Magvető publishing house

Mészöly's Ash in Jelenkor :: Pécs, Hungary :: In the last issue of literary magazine Jelenkor which is dedicated for Miklós Mészöly's memory Krasznahorkai has published a short writing titeled Mészöly's Ash

2021

October, 2020

War and War in Italian :: Milan, Italy :: The recently published edition's unique feature is that it contains not only the novel, but also the COMPLETE material of War and War! In this sense this is the first attempt in the history of the book, when a publisher has found the way and form to deliver the War and War PROJECT as a whole for the readers. Translated by Dóra Várnai

September, 2020

War and War in Italian :: Milan, Italy :: The War and War and its heralding short story Isaiah Has Come will be published by Bompian, translated by Dóra Várnai, this autumn

New edition of The Last Wolf :: Budpest, Hungary :: The Last Wolf in a new, redesigned edition will appear in Hungarian by Magvető publishing house soon.

June, 2020

Forthcoming translations of Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming :: worldwide :: Next to the already published English, German, Dutch and Italian editions Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming will be translated into French, Spanish, Norwegian, Russian, Croatian, Greek, Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Danish and in Brazil in the next years ::

June 24, 2020

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming for the Europese Literatuurprijs :: Amsterdam, Holland :: Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming has been shortlisted for the Europese Literatuurprijs in Holland

2020

December 4, 2019

Reading and conversation in Milano :: Italy :: Krasznahorkai will present his newest novel Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming at the bookstore Gogol and Company

November 24, 2019

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming in England :: London, UK :: Krasznahorkai's newest novel in English will be also published as the next piece of the unique imprint Tuskar Rocks.

November 20, 2019

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming won the National Book Awards :: New York, USA :: Krasznahorkai's newest English novel was awarded with the National Book Awards for Translated Literature 2019.

30 October, 2019

Krasznahorkai at the Passa Porta Festival 2019 :: Brussels, Belgium :: Krasznahorkai will be present again at an even of the Passa Porta Festival this year.

29 October, 2019

Baron Wenckheim Homecoming in Netherland :: The Hague, Netherland :: Krasznahorkai will present his newest novel translated into Dutch at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague.

12 October, 2019

Chasing Homer in Hungarian :: Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai's newest novel will be published in Hungary by Magvető publishing house and presented at the Margó Literary Festival with the contribution of Peter Haumann and Szilveszter Miklos. More information will be available soon on the website of the publishing house and in the festival programm.

October 8, 2019

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming on the NBA shortlist :: New York, USA :: Krasznahorkai's newest English novel is among the finalists for the National Book Award 2019 in the category of Translated Literature

eptember 24, 2019

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming in English :: New York, USA :: Krasznahorkai's newest novel in English will be published soon by New Directions.

August 28, 2019

Reading and Conversation in Oslo :: Norway :: Krasznahorkai has an event in House of Literature as closing stop of his Scandinavian reading tour

August 26, 2019

Reading and Conversation in Malmö :: Sweden :: Krasznahorkai has been invited by the Malmö City Library.

August 22/25, 2019

Reading and Conversation at the 10th Louisiana Festival :: Humlebæk, Denmark :: Krasznahorkai has been invited to the opening event and to a conversation with Sjon at the Danish literary festival as the first stop of his very first Scandinavian reading tour. Krasznahokai's newest novel Satantango in Danish will be presented at the festival.

June 8, 2019

Reading and Conversation in Belgrade :: Serbia :: Krasznahorkai takes part at the Krokodil literary festival in Belgrade.

June 6, 2019

Reading and Conversation at FESS :: Zagreb, Croatia :: Krasznahorkai is invited to the Festival of the European Short Story (FESS).

May 14, 2019

Reading and Conversation in Athens :: Greece :: Krasznahorkai presents his recently published novel Seiobo There Below at The Athens Chamber of Small and Medium Industriespublished in Athens.

May 11, 2019

Reading and Conversation at the International Thessaloniki Book Fair 2019 :: Thessaloniki, Greece :: Krasznahorkai takes part at the book fair with his newest novel Seiobo There Below published in Greek.

March 26, 2019

Doctor Honoris Causa to Krasznahorkai :: Kolozsvár/Cluj, Romania :: The Babeș-Bolyai University laureates Krasznahorkai with Doctor Honoris Causa. The ceremony and the honorary degree acceptance lecture will take place at 11 a.m., an reading and conversation at 6 p.m. Both events are open to the public.

2019

November, 2018

Book of the Month's :: Darmstadt, Germany :: Krasznahorkai's newest novel in German the Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming was selected for the Book of the Month's by the Literary Jury of Darmstadt..

October 30, 2018

Reading and Conversation in Residencia de Estudiante :: Madrid, Spain :: Krasznahorkai is invited to Madrid with his latest novel in Spanish Satantango.

September 26, 2018

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming in German :: The newest novel of Krasznahorkai will be published in German by S. Fischer publishing house this autumn. Dates of the German reading tour ::

September 13 :: international literary festival, Berlin
October 12 :: Frankfurt Book Fair, Haus am Dom, Frankfurt am Main
November 6 :: Wist - Der Literaturladen, Potsdam
December 4 :: Haus am Dom, Frankfurt am Main

September 25, 2018

Spadework for a Palace in Hungarian :: Budapest, Hungary :: The New York novel of Krasznahorkai will be published in Hungary by Magvető publishing house.

Book launch on September 25 at Magvető Café :: The Spadework for a Palace will be introduced by literary historian Gábor Szabó with the contribution of the actor Peter Haumann

Summer, 2018

Interview in The Paris Review :: New York, US :: Adam Thirlwell's profound interview with Krasznahorkai was published in the summer issue

9 June, 2018

Book launch at the Margo Festival :: Budapest, Hungary :: The recently published Hungarian edition of The Manhattan Project will be presented through a unique performance directed by Gábor Máté

22 May, 2018

On The Man Booker International Prize 2018 awards ceremony :: London, UK :: Krasznahorkai and one of his translators Ottilie Mulzet are invited the Victoria & Albert Museum in London where the winner of the 2018 prize will be announced.

12 April, 2018

Shortlisted again for The Man Booker International Prize 2018 :: The World Goes On was selected also for the shortlist of The Man Booker International Prize 2018.

3-11 April, 2018

French reading tour with Seiobo There Below :: France :: Krasznahorkai is invited for several readings&conversations with his newest book published in French. Announced tour dates:

April 3 - Librairie MOLLAT - Bordeaux
April 5 - Librairie OMBRES BLANCHES - Toulouse
April 7- Librairie LE LIVRE - Tours
April 9 - Beaubourg Museum - Paris
April 11 - Librairie LE DIVAN - Paris

April, 2018

The Manhattan Project in Hungarian :: Budapest, Hungary :: The Manhattan Project, the unique foto diary, as the third collaboration between László.Krasznahorkai and Ornan Rotem (Sylph Editon, London) will be published in Hungarian.

March, 2018

Second time for The Man Booker International Prize :: The World Goes On is on the longlist of The Man Booker International Prize 2018 

January, 2018

The Last Wolf comes in paperback :: London, UK :: After the hard cover publication The Last Wolf will be published in paperback too by Tuskar Rocks

2018

December, 2017

The World Goes On in Serbian :: Belgrade, Serbian:: The same title also in Serbian will be published by Rende.

November, 2017

The World Goes On in English :: New York/London :: The collection of short stories in English will be published by New Directions (US) and Tuskar Rocks (UK).

October, 2017

Satantango in Arabic :: Kairo/Beirut/Tunis :: The first novel of Krasznahorkai in Arabic has been recently published by Dar al-Tanweer in Beirut.

The World Goes On in Croatian :: Zagreb, Croatian:: The newest work, collection of short stories in Croatian has been published by Ocean More

October 19, 2017

Reading & Conversation at the MARGÓ festival :: Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai will have an event in the fall session of the MARGÓ literary festival in the Petőfi Literary Museum.

October 4, 2017

Event on the Day of Hungarian Publishers :: Szeged, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai is invited to Szeged to have a conversation in the event series on the Day of Hungarian Publishers with Zoltán Gyenge (SZTE) at Grand Café.

September 16, 2017

The Manhattan Project shows up at ilb :: Berlin, Germany :: The newest work of Krasznahorkai will be presented at the internationales literaturfestival berlin

September 7, 2017

Book launch of The Manhattan Project :: Berlin, Germany :: The Manhattan Project, the third collaboration between László.Krasznahorkai and Ornan Rotem will be introduced in the Sammlung Hoffmann.

August 31, 2017

Reading & Conversation in the JAK Camp:: Szigliget, Hungary :: JAK (Attila Jozsef Literary Society) has invited Krasznahorkai with his latest novel Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming to its summer camp at Lake Balaton.

August 26, 2017

Reading & Conversation at Pannonhalma :: Hungary :: Krasznahorkai is invited to thel Arcus Temporum Art Festival with Attila Jász

August 5, 2017

Reading & Conversation at Ördögkatlan Festival :: Hungary :: Krasznahorkai is invited as special guest of the festival this year for an event with Mihály Víg and Tibor

July, 2017

The World Goes On in Publishers Weekly :: New York, US :: The forthcoming US edition of World Goes On made Publishers Weekly Top 10 this July. The book is available in November 2017.

July 1, 2017

Author of the Month by London Review Bookshop :: London, UK :: The London Review Bookshop announced Krasznahorkai for Author of the Month in July.

June 28, 2017

Krasznahorkai is on the shortlist of the Europese Literatuurprijs 2017 :: Amsterdam, Holland :: The Melancholy of Resistance is shortlisted for the best translated book award in Holland.

June 8, 2017

Reading & Conversation at Grand Café :: Szeged, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai has an event in Grand Café's program series during the Festive Book Week in Hungary.

May, 2017

Italian Santantango has been shortlisted for the Gregor von Rezzori Prize :: Florence, Italy :: Krasznahorkai's second novel in Italian published by Bompiani has been shortlisted for the Florence based the Gregor von Rezzori Prize.

Italian Santantango for the Premio Strega Europe :: Rom, Italy :: The Italian Satantango also has been shortlisted for the European Strega Prize in Rome.

May 17, 2017

On Satantango - Reading & Conversation in Petőfi Literary Museum :: Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai is invited to an event with Mihály Víg and Sándor Bazsányi, where afterwards also signs his recently published book Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming.

May 15, 2017

Bach and Impossible :: MÜPA, Budapest Hungary :: A unique event is planned in Budapest in the Festival Theatre MÜPA this May. Based on Krasznahorkai's recently published novel, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, with paintings of Imre Bukta and with the music of András Wilheim and his friends based on Johann Sebastian Bach's works.

March 22, 2017

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming won the Aegon Art Award :: The newest novel by Krasznahorkai, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming is announced as the winner of the Aegon Art Award 2017 in Hungary.

March, 2017

The Manhattan Project is coming soon :: A special literary diary by Krasznahorkai accompanied by Ornan Rotem's photographic essay will be published soon by the London based publishing house, the Sylph Edition.

February, 2017

NEW BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ::

Seiobo There Below in Croatian :: The new novel in Croatian has been published by Naklada Ocean More, translated by Viktorija Šantić.

The Melacholy of Resistance in Greek :: The second title by Polis Edition, translated by Ioanna Avramidou was published by end of 2016.

Seiobo There Below in Macedonian :: The second novel in Macedonian has been published by the publishing house Tri in Skopje, translated by Zlatko Panzov.

UK edition of The Last Wolf & Herman :: In a paperback edition in the series of Tuskar Rock Press in London has been published recently The Last Wolf & Herman, in the translation of George Szirtes and John Batki.

The Melacholy of Resistance in Hebrew :: Babel Publishing House has recently published its second Krasznahorkai novel in Tel Aviv, translated by Rami Shari.

War and War in Vietnamese :: The first novel in Vietnamese has been published by Nha Nam publishing house in Hanoi. Translated by Giap Van Chung.

 

2017

November 3, 2016

Reading & conversation at the Literarischer Salon International, Köln / Essen, Germany :: Krasznahorkai is invited for an event in Essen by Claus Leggewie und Navid Kermani.

October 3-15, 2016

Literary project in Korčula, Croatia :: Krasznahorkai is invited with his literary project The Surface of a Drop of Water to the Croatian island Korčula by the Multimedijalni institut - MaMa.

September / October, 2016

READING TOUR IN HUNGARY :: On the occasion of the recently published new novel Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming (More details in the event calendar of Magvető Publishing House)

September 19, 5 pm - Reading & dedication in Writer's Bookstore, Budapest

September 20, 6 pm- Reading & conversation in Illyés Gyula County Library, Szekszárd

September 21, 6 pm - Reading & conversation in Csorba Győző Library, Pécs

September 23, 6 pm - Reading & conversation in Jókai Theater, Békéscsaba

September 27, 6 pm - Reading & conversation in György Kepes Art Centre, Eger

September 29, 5 pm - Reading & conversation in Somogyi-Library, Szeged

October 20 - Reading & conversation in Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros

September 27, 2016

The Last Wolf & Herman in English :: New Directions will publish El Último Lobo (translated by George Szirtes) and Herman I: The Game Warden & Herman II: The Death of a Craft (translated by John Batki).

September 17, 2016

Dark Bookshow, Pesti Theater, Budapest, Hungary :: At a unique event Krasznahorkai presents his new novel Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming with the contribution of Enikő Eszenyi, actress, Endre Szemerédi, mathematician, Mihály Víg, poet, Krisztián Nyáry, publisher, Dr. Zsolt Unoka, psychiatrist, Pleso (Péter Plesovszki), diesel expert, the author and many others.

September 14, 2016

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming in Hungarian :: Krasznahorkai's new novel will be published in Hungary by Magvető Publishing House accompanied by book presentations country-wide.

July / August, 2016

NEW BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES / SUMMER READINGS ::

Satantango in Serbian :: The second title in Serbian has been recently published by Deret in Belgrade, translated by Zoltan Moguščij

The Melancholy of Resistance in Macedonian :: The Skopje based publishing house Tri has published Krasznahorkai's first book in Macedonian translated by Zlatko Panzov

The Melancholy of Resistance in French paperback :: The paperback edition of The Melancholy of Resistance has been published by Gallimard - Collection Folio.

May 31, 2016

The Cullman Fellowship terminates :: The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers program Krasznahorkai is takeing part in New York terminates with the end of the month

May 20, 2016

New Directions 80th Birthday Party, New York, USA :: Krasznahorkai will join with a short reading to celebrate his American publishing house, New Directions on its 80th birthday in Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn.

May, 2016

New editions from England by Tuskar Rock Press :: War and War and Melancholy of Resistance will be published by Tuskar Rock Press in London, which is a boutique literary list selected by Colm Tóibín and Peter Straus, who are committed to publish Krasznahorkai's work in paperback edition in England.

Photoalbum on Krasznahorkai in progress :: Sylph Edition's Ornan Rotem second shooting in New York for the exclusive photo diary on Krasznahorkai's work in the New York Public Library for his New York novella.

until April 17, 2016

Exhibition “In Search of Prince Genji - Japan in Words and Images”, Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai contributed for the recent exhibition in Ferenc Hopp Museum for Asiatic Art with his text excerptions from his novel From the North by Hill, From the South by Lake, From the West by Roads, From the East by River.

April 14, 2016

Reading & conversation at Brown University, Providence, RI :: Krasznahorkai is invited to Brown University to it's reading series Writers on Writing.

January, 2016

Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heaven in English :: Seagull Books will publish soon Krasznahorkai's latest book in English translated by Ottilie Mulzet.

 

2016

December 14, 2015

Reading & conversation with Salman Rushdie, New York :: Krasznahorkai will take part in the reading and conversation series of 92nd Street Y community center.

October 28, 2015

Satantango in Swedish :: Satantango, as the second book of Krasznahorkai in Swedish has just recently been published by Norstedts

September 20, 2015

Krasznahorkai at the Brooklyn Book Festival, New York :: Krasznahorkai will be appearing at the city's largest free literary festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

September, 2015

Satantango in Swedish :: Satantango, as the second book of Krasznahorkai in Swedish has just recently been published by Norstedts

September, 2015

Krasznahorkai as Cullman Fellow in NYC :: The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has awarded Krasznahorkai next to other 16 scholars, academics, and creative writers, who will live and work in New York in the text

May 28, 2015

Krasznahorkai's preface on Wolfgang Hilbig :: The Sleep of the Righteous by Wolfgang Hilbig was published byTwo Lines Press (San Francisco, CA) with the introduction of Krasznahorkai.

May 24, 2015

Hay Festival celebrates The Man Booker International Prize 2015 winner, Hay-on-Wye, Wales :: As the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, Krasznahorkai will be interviewed on stage of the Hay Festival by Marina Warner, the chair of judges of The Man Booker International Prize

academic year. 

May 19, 2015

Krasznahorkai won The Man Booker International Prize 2015, London, UK :: The 2015 Man Booker International Prize winner has been announced at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where Krasznahorkai won the illustrious lifetime achievement award.

May 17, 2015

Guardian Live with the finalists of The Man Booker International Prize 2015, London, UK :: Krasznahorkai is invited to the event Guardian Live, in association with The British Library, which will be chiring by Claire Armitstead (Books Editor at the Guardian), will be chairing consisting of Q&As and readings by the finalists of The 2015 Man Booker International Prize.

April 27, 2015

Relation of Grace in French by Vagabond :: Relation of Grace, as the next book of Krasznahorkai in French will be published by Vagabond, Marseille, France.

Reading & Conversation in Pest County Library, Szentendre, Hungary :: András Kepes, journalist & writer meets Krasznahorkai.

April 8, 2015

War and War in Greek :: War and War, as the first novel of Krasznahorkai in Greek was published by Polis Editions in Athens.

March, 2015

Seiobo There Below in Spanish :: Seiobo There Below, as the next book of Krasznahorkai in Spanish will be published by Acantilado, Barcelona. Translated by Adan Kovacsics

March 29, 2015

Reading & Conversation on Passa Porta Festival, Brussels, Belgium ::  Krasznahorkai takes part in one of the closure events of the 10th Passa Porta Festival

March 24, 2015

Krasznahorkai is shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2015, London, UK :: The Man Booker International Prize 2015 list of finalists was revealed in London. Krasznahorkai is the first Hungarian writer who was nominated ever for this reknown award.

end of February, 2015

Die Welt voran - new book in Germany :: The World Goes on, the newest book of Krasznahorkai will be published in German by S.Fischer, Frankfurt am Main. Translated by Heike Flemming

 

2014

 

December 12, 2014

The Topic is Infinit - Conversation in PIM, Budapest, Hungary :: Conversation of the philosopher Peter Szendy (Paris) and László Krasznahorkai in Petőfi Literary Museum

December, 2014

The Melancholy of Resistance in Croatian :: As the third book of Krasznahorkai in Croatian is coming soon by Sareni Ducan in Koprivnica. Translated by Pataki Angéle 

October 27-28, 2014

Krasznahorkai in Zagreb, Croatia :: Krasznahorkai appears in Zagreb having a public reading in ZKM Theatre on 27th and a public conversation at Literary Club Booksa on 28th.

October 22-24, 2014

International Literarature Festival, Timișoara, Romania :: From October 22nd to 24th, the third International Literature Festival - under the motto “West of East / East of West” -  takes place in the Romanian city of Timișoara where Krasznahorkai is invited to this year.

October, 2014

The Melancholy of Resistance in Swedish :: Krasznahorkai's first novel in Swedish, titeled Motståndets melankoli, has just recently been published by Norstedts in Stockholm

September 20, 2014

Krasznahorkai at the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 2014, Germany :: Also as the closure of LK 6.0 event series Krasznahorkai takes part at 14th ilb -- a slightly delayed literary performance with Thuon Burtevitz, Max Neumann und Joachim Sartorius to the 60th birthday of László Krasznahorkai. Laudator, moderator: Verena Auffermann

September 2-7, 2014

29th Vilenica International Literary Festival, Vilenica, Slovenia :: As the winner of the 2014 Vilenica Prize Krasznahorkai will take part in several events of the festival in Triest, Ljubljana and Lokev, where the Vilenica Cave is located.

July, 2014

America Award in Literature 2014 for Krasznahorkai, Los Angeles, US - The America Award, which describes itself as a modest attempt at providing alternatives to the Nobel Prize in Literature, was first presented in 1994. Among others Ko Un (2011), Javier Marías  (2010), José Saramago (2004), Adonis (2003), Peter Handke (2002), Inger Christensen (2001), Jacques Roubaud (1999), Rafael Alberti (1998), Friederike Mayröcker (1997), Harold Pinter (1995) and Aimé Cesaire (1994) are on the American Award’s winner list

June 18, 2014

Meeting at JAK Camp, Kisoroszi, Hungary :: The József Attila Circle invited Krasznahorkai for it's lierary translator summer camp to Kisoroszi

May 22, 2014

Vilenica Prize for Krasznahorkai, Ljubljana, Slovenia :: Krasznahorkai won the Vilenica Prize, the well-respected central-European award in 2014. The news was released today in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The winner will receive the award at the 29th Vilenica International Literary Festival which is taking place between September 2 and 7.

May 10, 2014

At "European Voices in Translation" festival, Boston, US :: A reading and conversation with László Krasznahorkai and George Szirtes, moderated by James Wood

May 4, 2014

Krasznahorkai at PEN World Voices Festival, New York, US :: As one of the closing event in the Master/class of 10th Annual PEN World Voice Festival of International Literature László Krasznahorkai and Colm Tóibín meet on the stage of Cooper Union - Frederick P. Rose Auditorium

April, 2014

Seiobo There Below on the BTBA shortlist, Rochester, New York, US :: Seiobo There Below, the latest English novel of Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet has been shortlisted in 2014 for Best Translated Book Award.

The Filter-Prize for Satantango, Netherland :: The Holland Satantango's translator, Mrs. Mari Alföldy was awarded with the Filter-Prize in 2014

April 28, 2014

Seiobo There Below won BTBA 2014, New York, US :: Krasznahorkai's last English language fiction, the Seiobo There Below won the Best Translated Book Award 2014 for Fiction. The prize is awarded for both, the author and the marvellous translation of Ottilie Mulzet.  Krasznahorkai becomes the first repeat winner, his Satantango -- translated by George Szirtes, published also by NEW Directions --, won last year.

April 25, 2014

Reading at Brown University, Providence, US :: Krasznahorkai will have a reading at the Department of Comparative Literature invited by Professor Forrest Gander

April 22, 2014

Public reading at Columbia University, New York, US :: As a visiting professor at CU in spring semester Krasznahorkai will also have a reading which is open to the public :: More information coming soon

April / May, 2014

Lectures at Columbia University, New York, US :: In this spring semester Krasznahorkai as a visiting professor gives a lecture series – invited by Columbia University of New York and the Harriman Institute

March, 2013

War and War in Turkish :: As the second novel of Krasznahorkai in Turkish Savaş ve Savaş has been published by CAN Yayınları in Istambul. Translated by Gün Benderli

War and War in Croatian :: After the El último lobo, Krasznahorkai's first novel in Croatian, the Rat i Rat has been published by Naklada Oceanmore in Zagreb. Translated by Viktorija Šantić

March 20, 2013

Krasznahorkai in London Review of Books, UK :: A new short story to read by Krasznahorkai in the current issue of London Review of Books :: There Goes Valzer

March 12, 2013

Seiobo There Below on the BTBA longlist, Rochester, New York, US :: Seiobo There Below - translated by Ottilie Mulzet, published by New Directions, New York - is among twenty-five titles on this year’s Best Translated Book Award Fiction Longlist. Krasznahorkai is listed second time in a row, he won BTBA 2013 with Satantango last year, translated by George Szirtes

March 10, 2014

LK 6.0 :: In Dialogue with Krasznahorkai's works - reader's theatre, Rózsavölgyi Saloon, Budapest, Hungary :: The event is based on Krasznahorkai's works with Enikő Eszenyi, Andrea Fullajtár, Bence Gelányi and Gábor Máté :: directed by András Jeles

March 5, 2014

The Bill has been issued - LK 6.0, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai's performance in the occasion of the recently published short story for Palma Vecchio, The Bill

February 28, 2014

Literary saloon, Eger, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai is invited for reading and conversation by a private literary saloon

February 27, 2014

Dot-hunting - LK 6.0, ELTE-University, Budapest, Hungary :: students read from Krasznahorkai's works. Introduction: Prof. Ernő Kulcsár-Szabó :: moderated by Prof. János Szávai, Prof. Tibor Gintli and the author

26 February, 2014

Lecture, MOME, Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai is invited by the Moholy-Nagy University

21 January, 2014

Krasznahorkai is looking for his place - LK 6.0 :: Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest, Hungary :: Six great literary critics - Gergely Angyalosi, Tibor Keresztury, István Margócsy, Sándor Radnóti, Zsuzsa Selyem and László Szörényi - invited to a discussion on Krasznahorkai's literary world :: moderated by András Kepes

8 January, 2014

War and War complete edition - LK 6.0, Writers Bookshop, Budapest, Hungary :: The author presents the the "Entire Story" of the project War and War in the company of János Szegő, editor of Magvető publishing house

6 January, 2014

Gábor Gadó for LK 6.0, Rózsavölgyi Saloon, Budapest, Hungary :: As the initial event of the program series LK 6.0 Gábor Gadó plays in Rózsavölgyi Szalon organized by Magvető publishing house -- private event

5 January, 2014

LK 6.0, Hungary-Germany :: In the occasion of Krasznahorkai's 60th birthday an event series - concerts, readings, book presentations - will be held in Germany and Hungary during the year. Detailed program list will be announced soon

 

2013

 

18-22 December 2013

Almost Island Dialogues Literary Conference, New Delhi, India :: Krasznahorkai is invited to the conference held in New Delhi

28 November 2013

Asztali beszélgetések at PIM, Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai talks with Jutta Hausmann Lutheran pastor in Petőfi Literary Museum in the frame of the event series "Asztali beszélgetések"

November 2013

The Bill has been issued :: As the first volume of the new series at Sylph Editions (London, UK), The Art Monographs, The Bill, a special edition of Krasznahorkai's short story has been published. This latest work of the publisher house from London led by Ornan Rotem, is a real masterpiece!

Guerre et Guerre, Paris, France :: Krasznahorkai's new novel War and War in French follows the recently published Isaias has Come, by Edition Cambourakis. In the same time of the hard copie's publication, the "Entire Story" of Guerre et Guerre can be followed on the special website set by the publishing house :: here

War and War coming out in Croatian :: War and War will be published by publishing house Naklada Oceanmore (Zagreb, Croatia) as Krasznahorkai's third book in Croatian

October 2013

El último lobo in Croatian :: El último lobo has been published by publishing house MaMa (Zagreb, Croatia), translated by Viktorija Šantić

Guerre et Guerre, Paris, France :: Krasznahorkai's new novel War and War in French follows the recently published Isaias has Come, by Edition Cambourakis

25 October 2013

Krasznahorkai in Belgrade, Serbia :: In occasion of Krasznahorkai's recently published Melancholy of Resistance in Serbian he will be present at the International Belgrade Book Fare 2013.

24 September, 2013

Seiobo arrives to the US, New York City, US :: The English translation of Seiobo There Below will be published by New Directions

6-8 September 2013

Festivalletteratura 2013, Mantova, Italy:: Krasznahorkai presents the recently published Italian translation of his novel Melancholy of Resistance. Click here for detailed program

September, 2013

Best Translated Book Award for Satantango, Rumania :: Satantango, translated by Anamaria Pop, won the Best Translated Book Award of the Gala Industriei de Carte din România this year. 

August, 2013

Isaias Has Come in French :: The novel WAR AND WAR will be published in French by Edition Cambourakis in October. The first part of the project Isaias Has Come is already available in French bookstores. Both were translated by Mde Joelle Dufeuilly perfectly as always. Edition Cambourakis sets up a special website to show the "Entire Story" of War and War -- more details soon

Seiobo in the Harper's! :: In advance of the September publication of Seiobo There Below, the legendary american magazine, the Harper's has published an excerpt in it's August issue. Read it here

Books in new languages* :: Krasznahorkai's first book in Serbian and Croatian will be published this month :: Melancholy of Resistance by Platobooks (Belgrad) and The Last Wolf by MaMa (Zagreb)

Books in new languages** :: thanks for Ms. Laurence Laluyaux at the literary agency Rogers, Coleridge & White Krasznahorkai's titles will be available soon in new langugaes like Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Galician

July 2013

Magazin Vagant on Krasznahorkai, Oslo, Norway :: The magazine Vagant has come out with some Krasznahorkai text and an excellent essay by Scott Esposito. Source is Music & Literature Nr.2.

30, 31 July 2013

Stand-up Tragedy in Ladics House, Gyula, Hungary :: Reading theatre with special guests on Krasznahorkai's works, organized by Gyulai Várszínház

June, 2013

Satantango in Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey :: Satantango has been published in Turkish by Can Yayinlari

10 June, 2013

Literarium at Palace of Art (MÜPA), Budapest, Hungary :: Literary event with László Krasznahorkai and his guests

3 June, 2013

Babits Prize award ceremony, Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest, Hungary :: the Babits Prize has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai by the Hungarian Literary History Association this year

May, 2013

Satantango won the BTBA 2013, New York, US :: The Best Translated Book Award has announced, among the 431 eligible books the winner this year was Satantango, translated from Hungarian by George Szirtes. Find more information on the websites below :: ndbooks.com :: mookseandgripes.com :: booktrade.info :: publishingperspectives.com :: hvg.hu

9 May, 2013

Book presentation at the II. Rákóczi Ferenc County Library, Miskolc, Hungary :: event with László Krasznahorkai as part of the reading tour in Hungary in the occasion of the recently published book Megy a világ (World Goes on)

7 May, 2013

Book presentation at the Móra Kollégium, Szeged, Hungary :: event with László Krasznahorkai as part of the reading tour in Hungary in the occasion of the recently published book Megy a világ (World Goes on)

2 May, 2013

Book presentation at the Vértes Agóra, Tatabánya, Hungary :: event with László Krasznahorkai as part of the reading tour in Hungary in the occasion of the recently published book Megy a világ (World Goes on)

25 April, 2013

Book presentation at the PE-Éjszakai Egyetem, Veszprém, Hungary :: Théseustól kicsit észak-északnyugatra (North-Northwest of Theseus) - next event with László Krasznahorkai as part of the reading tour in Hungary in the occasion of the recently published book Megy a világ (World Goes on)

21 April, 2013

Théseustól kicsit észak-északnyugatra (North-Northwest of Theseus), Budapest, Hungary :: performed by László Krasznahorkai in the occasion of his recently published book Megy a világ (World Goes on) at the International Book Festival, Budapest, Millenáris Park, Osztovits-hall

18 April, 2013

Book presentation at the House of Arts, Pécs, Hungary :: next event with László Krasznahorkai as part of the reading tour in Hungary in the occasion of the recently published book Megy a világ (World Goes on)

11 April, 2013

Satantango is finalist for the BTBP 2013, US :: The Best Translated Book Award short list were announced. There were 431 eligible books this year (the largest number to date), only 16 of which were selected for this honor.

8 April, 2013

Deutsche Schule Budapest - Thomas Mann Gymnasium, Budapest, Hungary :: Conversation with the high school students

4 April, 2013

New book Megy a világ (World Goes on) :: A new collection of short stories in Hungarian has been published by Magvető Publishing House

April, 2013

Music & Literature on Krasznahorkai, US :: The new issue of M&L arts magazine has been published in the US. This thematic issue contains excerpts of novels, unpublished texts, interviews, essays, photos, also in focus of works which were made in collaborations with Béla Tarr and Max Neumann.

2 March, 2013

Satantango is nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 :: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist has announced in London, UK

March, 2013

New book Megy a világ (World Goes on) coming soon :: A new collection of short stories in Hungarian will be published at end of the month by Magvető Publishing House

1 March, 2013

Reading in Stadtmuseum Dresden, Germany

February 2013

Krasznahorkai's short story for The New York Times, USA :: Someone’s Knocking at My Door published in New York Times this January is to find among the special readings of this website and also in The Opinion Page of NYT online issue under Anxiety

19 February, 2013

Reading at the Hungarian Embassy of Israel, Budapest, Hungary :: llan Mor, Ambassador of Israel and László Krasznahorkai read from the book War and War by the author in Hebrew and in Hungarian

12 January 2013

Krasznahorkai's short story in The New York Times, USA :: The editors of Anxiety recently asked the Hungarian novelist to contribute to the series, which has been just published under the title Someone’s Knocking at My Door

January 2013

Invitation to India, New Delhi :: Krasznahorkai is invited to the Almost Island Literary Conference in New Delhi 2013 December

January 2013

Satantago in Norway, Cappelen Damm As, Oslo, Norway :: Krasznahorkai's first novel in Norwegian will be published presumably in 2014 by Cappelen Damm As

 

2012

 

since December, 2012

Írómozi with László Krasznahorkai on LiteraTV :: recorded conversation with Tibor Keresztury in Nyitott Műhely, Budapest, Hungary, 19.12.2012

since December, 2012

Audiobook Animalinside, Budapest, Hungary :: the recently recorded audiobook with the author in Hungarian is available by Vox Libris

December, 2012

Satantago in Rumanian, Curtea Veche, Bucharest, Rumania :: the first book in Rumanian has been published by Curtea Veche

7 December, 2012

Prima Primissima Prize, Budapest, Hungary :: the Prima Primissima Prize in Literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai

5 December, 2012

London Review Bookshop, London, UK :: Conversation with Colm Tóibín

29 November, 2012

Zrínyi Miklós Gimnázium, Budapest, Hungary :: Reading and conversation in the high school

25 November, 2012

Hallen für Neue Kust, Schaffhausen, Swiss :: What the hero Korin seeks by Mario Merz? :: A Sunday Matinee with Barbara Plambeck

November, 2012

Satanstango in Dutch, Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam, Holland :: the first book in Dutch has been published by Wereldbibliotheek

Seiobo auf Erden (Seiobo There Below), S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany ::has been published as paperback in Germany

20 August, 2012

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012, Edinburgh, Scotland :: reading in the Corner Theatre

August, 2012

Spycher-Residency, Leuk, Swiss

30 July, 2012

Photos about the US reading tour in June :: see here

25 July, 2012

NEW video releases :: see here

June/July, 2012

Readings in the US :: Reading tour with the recently published novel Satantango ................ June 11, 7 pm :: New York :: Paula Cooper Gallery .. ................. .......... ................. ...... .. ... . ... .. June 13, 4 pm :: Washington DC :: Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center ......  .. June 28, 7 pm :: San Francisco :: City Lights Bookstore  . ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... July 2, 7 pm :: New York :: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

May 13-17, 2012

3rd International Writers FestivalJerusalem, Israel :: Invitation to the 3rd International Writers Festival to be held at Mishkenot Sha'ananim on the occasion of the recently publishedWar and War in Hebrew by Babel Publishing House. :: Krasznahorkai will hold the opening speech on 13 May in the name of foreign guest writers

May, 2012

Publication date of Satantango in the UK :: The novel from 1985 of Laszlo Krasznahorkai will be published in the UK by Grove/Atlantic Books

13 April, 2012

"Várad Törzsasztal", Nagyvárad, Romania :: Reading in the Library of Ady Endre High School

29 March, 2012

Théâtre de l’Odéon, Paris, France :: Premiere of the theatre adaptation by Frank Ferrara of the novel Satantango, Cie Machine Theater (Montpellier) in the program series Lectures hongroises, Hongrie!

15 March, 2012

Booksa Club, Zagreb, Croatia :: Presentation of the in Croatian recently published short story The Last Wolf organized by the Multimedijalni Institut. Other stops of the book presentations tour :: 27 March: Rijeka :: 4-5 April: Skopje :: 6-10 April: Belgrade and Novi Sad :: 20 April: Split :: 21 April: Mostar.

5 March, 2012

Publication date of Satantango in the US :: The novel from 1985 of Laszlo Krasznahorkai will be published for the first time in the US by New Directions

February, 2012

Publication date of Nem kérdez, nem válaszol (There Is No Question, There Is No Answer):: The newest book of Laszlo Krasznahorkai was published in Hungarian by Magvető

24 February, 2012

Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary :: Krasznahorkai, from inside, introduction of the recently published book Nem kérdez, nem válaszol (There Is No Question, There Is No Answer)

23 February, 2012

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary :: conversation with students in the frame of the Trefort Irodalmi Esték

18 February, 2012

Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany :: German premiere of the play The Well-Tempered Clavier by David Marton based on the novel Melancholy of Resistance

27 January, 2012

MC93 Bobigny, Paris, France :: French premiere of the play The Well-Tempered Clavier by David Marton based on the novel Melancholy of Resistance

 

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