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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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Fitzek, Sebastian
The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger Wald-Gymnasium, he started a course in Veterinary Medicine but dropped out of that after three months. Instead, he concentrated on Law, specialising in copyright law, and receiving a higher degree in 2000. While he was still a student he came into contact with a famous radio station,...
