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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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Sample of authors
Ani, Friedrich
Friedrich Ani was born in Kochel am See, Bavaria. His father was Syrian and his mother was born in Silesia. After graduating from university, Ani moved to Munich where he still lives. He began to write plays for the radio and stage in upper secondary school, some of which he was able to sell. After serving his military service as a civilian at a home for troubled youth, he worked as a crime...
