{"id":15824,"date":"2015-05-19T16:43:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T20:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=15824"},"modified":"2015-05-19T16:55:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T20:55:57","slug":"2015-man-book-international-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/05\/19\/2015-man-book-international-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Man Booker International Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/05\/19\/2015-man-book-international-prize-winner\/mbi2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MBI2015.jpg?fit=598%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MBI2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MBI2015.jpg?fit=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MBI2015.jpg?fit=598%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MBI2015.jpg?resize=598%2C270\" alt=\"MBI2015\" width=\"598\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MBI2015.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MBI2015.jpg?fit=598%2C270&amp;ssl=1 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>They&#8217;ve just announced the winner of this year&#8217;s Man Booker International Prize. Congratulations go to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai (Hungary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I saw the tweet come across I just wanted to hit the favorite button over and over again. Krasznahorkai\u00a0is one of my favorite authors, and I&#8217;m thrilled he&#8217;s been getting more attention in the past years. Thanks to his U.S. publisher, New Directions, for doing such a great job over here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themanbookerprize.com\/news\/winner-2015-man-booker-international-prize\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is the official press release.<\/p>\n<p>And here is that tweet I really liked:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hu\">L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai is the winner of the Man Booker International Prize <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MBI2015?src=hash\">#MBI2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fotTW1OW0d\">pic.twitter.com\/fotTW1OW0d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Man Booker Prize (@ManBookerPrize) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManBookerPrize\/status\/600762596283789313\">May 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, go read some of his books! As he is one of my Pantheon authors, I have a nice list (not complete)\u00a0for you:<\/p>\n<p><strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai (1954- )<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a title=\"Mookse Review of Satantango\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2013\/04\/24\/laszlo-krasznahorkai-satantango\/\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #8db529;\">Satantango<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1985)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mookse Review of The Melancholy of Resistance\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/07\/11\/laszlo-krasznahorkai-the-melancholy-of-resistance\/\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #8db529;\">The Melancholy of Resistance<\/span><\/em> <\/strong><\/a>(1989)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Prisoner of Urga<\/em> (1992)<\/li>\n<li><em>War and War<\/em> (1999)<\/li>\n<li><em>From North a Hill, from South a Lake, from East a Road, from West a River<\/em> (2003)<\/li>\n<li><em>Ruin and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens<\/em> (2004)<\/li>\n<li><em>Seiobo There Below<\/em> (2008)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mookse Review of Animalinside\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/06\/26\/laszlo-krasznahorkai-animalinside\/\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #8db529;\">Animalinside<\/span><\/em> <\/strong><\/a>(2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For film friends, Krasznahorkai is a frequent collaborator with B\u00e9la Tarr. Here are Krasznahorkai&#8217;s screenplays:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1988: <i>Damnation<\/i> (<i>K\u00e1rhozat<\/i>), directed by B\u00e9la Tarr.<\/li>\n<li>1994: <i>S\u00e1t\u00e1ntang\u00f3<\/i>, directed by B\u00e9la Tarr.<\/li>\n<li>1997\u20132001: <i>Werckmeister Harmonies<\/i> (<i>Werckmeister harm\u00f3ni\u00e1k<\/i>), directed by B\u00e9la Tarr.<\/li>\n<li>2007: <i>The Man from London<\/i> (<i>A Londoni f\u00e9rfi<\/i>), directed by B\u00e9la Tarr.<\/li>\n<li>2011: <i>The Turin Horse<\/i> (<i>A torin\u00f3i l\u00f3<\/i>), directed by B\u00e9la Tarr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/05\/19\/2015-man-book-international-prize-winner\"><u>Read the full 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