Lazlo Krasznahorkai, acclaimed Hungarian writer His debut novel, Satanstango, first published in Hungary at the end of the Soviet era, is to be translated into English. Edinburgh International Book Festival 2011 Tóibín and Krasznahorkai discuss his contributions to literature, and his recent short work, Animalinside. His 1993 novel 'The Melancholy of Resistance' received the German “Bestenliste-Prize”. He has been honoured with numerous literary prizes, the Kossuth Prize.