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krasznahorkai awarded the vilenica prize , september 2014 three -lrb- kata , Ágnes , and panni -rrb- béla tarr gyula , hungary nikolai gogol , herman melville , allen ginsberg man booker international prize kossuth prize daad fellowship hungarian 05 january 1954 hungarian , german lászló krasznahorkai september 2014.jpg lászló krasznahorkai
 lászló krasznahorkai novelist , screenwriter eötvös budapest -rrb- loránd university -lrb- elte -rrb- -lrb- university of
lászló krasznahorkai

lászló krasznahorkai -lrb- ; born 5 january 1954 -rrb- is a hungarian novelist and screenwriter who is known for critically difficult and demanding novels , often labeled as postmodern , with dystopian and melancholic themes .
several of his works , notably his novels `` satantango '' -lrb- `` sátántangó '' -rrb- -lrb- 1985 -rrb- and `` the melancholy of resistance '' -lrb- `` az ellenállás melankóliája '' -rrb- -lrb- 1989 -rrb- have been turned into feature films by hungarian film director béla tarr .
