László Krasznahorkai

László Krasznahorkai born January 5 1954 is a Nobel Prizewinning Hungarian novelist and screenwriter He is known for difficult and demanding novels often labelled postmodern with dystopian and melancholic themes Several of his works notably his novels Satantango Sátántangó 1985 and The Melancholy of Resistance Az ellenállás melankóliája 1989 have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr