Nobel-week to be held in Krasznahorkai's hometown in his honour

During the week of the Nobel Prize award ceremony, between December 6 and 12, László Krasznahorkai will be honored with eleven free programmes in his hometown of Gyula. Mayor Ernő Görgényi informed MTI that the writer said he was touched by the initiative. Although he will not be attending the events in person, he is lending a replica of his Nobel medal to his hometown for the occasion.

Street exhibition, workshop, and readings

A special edition of the Gyulai Hírújság newspaper will be published in honor of Krasznahorkai's Nobel Prize in Literature, which will be delivered free of charge to every household, the mayor said, and the local government is preparing a commemorative book in which locals can write their congratulations to the author. A street exhibition about Nobel Prize winners of Hungarian origin or with Hungarian connections will be set up on the walking street, and the winner's Stockholm lecture will be broadcast live on December 7 at the János Mogyoróssy City Library. On December 9, the author of Telextárcák, László Kiss, will hold a workshop at the Almásy Castle entitled: How to Read Krasznahorkai?

On December 10, the award ceremony will be broadcast live from the Vigadó in Gyula, and Ádám Erdész will give a lecture on life in Gyula at the time of László Krasznahorkai's childhood and youth. In addition, the organizers are preparing film screenings, an online competition, and readings similar to the Krasznahorkai marathon in Vienna, and members of the local council will plant a tree in front of the writer's childhood home.

As previously reported, on October 9, the Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, who has previously received the Kossuth Prize, awarded by the Hungarian state as well.

“Krasznahorkai's Nobel Prize is not merely a recognition of the author himself but also a seal of approval for his unique global literary experience, which stems from his Hungarian heritage and speaks both of our history and of the ultimate questions that all human beings grapple with. And as such, it is simply impossible to ignore, ”we wrote in our portrait of the author.