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Nobel Prize in literature 2025 to
Krasznahorkai, László
The Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai was born in a Jewish middle-class family in Gyula, southeast Hungary, which he describes as "a rather strange, sad place, full of lonely, peculiar people". His father was a lawyer and his mother a social security administrator. Krasznahorkai deserted from military service after having been punished for insubordination, and he drifted around for a few y...
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Harvey, John
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He graduated from teacher’s college at the University of London in 1963 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire) in 1964. He then taught in Heanor, Andover and Stevenage while continuing his studies for a Master of Arts d...
