The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.

Krasznahorkai’s novel ‘Herscht 07769’ has been described as a major contemporary German work, praised for its meticulous portrayal of social unrest, news agency ANI reported.