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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 17h

OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
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László Krasznahorkai - Words Without Borders

László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 15h

Take a look back in our fiction archive and read this 2009 excerpt (tr. George Szirtes) from EL ÚLTIMO LOBO by Nobel laureate László Krasznahorkai (later published as THE LAST WOLF in 2016). wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

El último lobo By László Krasznahorkai translated from Hungarian by George Szirtes “in any case it wouldn’t be full-hearted laughter, because futility and scorn were what continually oppressed him”from the archive: fiction. Image: Black and white photo of László Krasznahorkai.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 10h

And will be in later today to answer all your questions! bsky.app/profile/port...

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 11h

WHY YES, YOUR WEIRD BOOKSTORE DAD AND #WeirdBookWednesday POSTER IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS!

Hungarian 'Master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature | Reuters share.google/Jl6EvD4UqB07...

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 10h

Whatever's on László Krasznahorkai's #tbr should probably be on your TBR! Preorder this book by our contributor Krisztina Tóth (tr. by another contributor, Ottilie Mulzet):
bookshop.org/a/169/978164...

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 11h

Actually lol'd

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 11h

(Barbara Epler if you see this I'm kidding)

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 11h

“In Brenda Lozano’s latest novel, mothers have the unrelenting force of the ocean,” writes critic Esther King. Read King’s book review of Lozano’s MOTHERS (tr. Heather Cleary):
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“Redoubled Fire”: Fear and Love in Brenda Lozano’s Mothers - Words Without Borders

“In Brenda Lozano’s latest novel, mothers have the unrelenting force of the ocean,” writes critic Esther King.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 11h

Who?

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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 14h

the absolutely terrific @ndbooks.bsky.social is responsible for every happy english speaking nerd (on this continent) right now

László Krasznahorkai

New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 13h

The ultimate Nobel prophet: Susan Harris

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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 13h

read WWB; become a Nobel prophet

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 16h

For those of you keeping score at home... yes, that means we've now published 10 Nobel Prize winners in our 22 year history ❤️‍🔥

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 17h

OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
wordswithoutborders.org/.../view/lsz...

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Lenaskaffepaus @lenaskaffepaus.bsky.social · 14h

His Swedish translator is Daniel Gustafsson.

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Henar Press @henarpress.bsky.social · 14h

COVER REVEAL — Our fabled first anthology is (almost) here!

WHO'S AFRAID OF KURDISTAN? may be the first collection of Kurdish plays to be published in English.

If you're a playwright, we want to hear from you! Please submit your work through the submission form on our website (henarpress.org).

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 14h

You were right to say it!

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 14h

We can! And we should!

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In Other Words @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social · 14h

Can we take this opportunity to say how much we also love the work of Krisztina Tóth?

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ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social · Aug 25

Final cover for Eye of the Monkey by Krisztina Tóth, publising in Oct. by @sevenstories.bsky.social in the US and @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social in the UK. Available for preorder now

Cover of Eye of the Monkey, by Krisztina Tóth, trans. Ottilie Mulzet. An abstract image of a fence or gate at the top in brownish-taupe hues, with the title, author, and translator at the bottom.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 14h

Okay, my best attempt: CROSS-naw-hor-kaw-ee
But the first four vowels are all the same. So keep the “o” sound from “cross” and repeat it three more times. (Somewhere between “aw” and “ah”)
“Hor” gets the second most emphasis.

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Percy Balemans 📚 @creative-xl8.bsky.social · 14h

His Dutch translator is Mari Alföldy.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 14h

Ah no 💔 just watched a lot of Hungarian interviews to try to make sure I got it!

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 14h

Same 🫡

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 17h

OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
wordswithoutborders.org/.../view/lsz...

László Krasznahorkai - Words Without Borders

László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.

wordswithoutborders.org

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 15h

This is such a good way of putting it

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 15h

Lolllll

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 15h

💙 So so excited for and proud of our contributors!

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 15h

Congrats to all his translators, including into English @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social

#booksky #xl8 #literarytranslation

Announcement of this year's Nobel Prize for literature to László Krasznahorkai. With a black and white drawing of the author.

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𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social · 15h

I felt a lump in my throat when it was announced that László Krasznahorkai had won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. I love his books and have reviewed four of his novels for The Irish Times.
Many thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for allowing me to do so.
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Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai: A paean to depth and meaning amid violence and death

The novel’s protagonist, Florian Herscht, writes and rewrites a letter to Angela Merkel about what he believes to be an existential threat to the world

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 15h

(entirely kidding)