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László Krasznahorkai wins Man Booker International Prize
The Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has been announced as the winner of the sixth Man Booker International Prize. Worth £60,000, the prize is awarded every two years for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. As the author of books such as Satantango and The Melancholy of Resistance, he has been described as "visionary" and judges praised the extraordinary intensity of his work. Newsday's Nkem Ifejika spoke to Mr Krasznahorkai after the award ceremony at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
(Picture: Nkem Ifejika with László Krasznahorkai / Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)
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