László Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954. Several of his works, notably his novels Sátántangó, 1985 and Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989, have been turned into feature films by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. He wrote eight novels and many short stories and novellas. He was awarded the Man Booker International Prize (2015) and the National Book Award for Translated Literature.