Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai was awarded the 2015 Man Booker International Prize at a ceremony held at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.
Krasznahorkai, well known for “Satantango” and “The Melancholy of Resistance,” will receive 60,000 pounds.