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English's Walt Hunter discusses Nobel Prize winner

MEDIA | October 13, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

Why the latest Nobel Prize winner makes perfect sense

The Atlantic: Walt Hunter, chair of the Department of English at the College of Arts and Sciences, explained why Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai’s Nobel Prize win “makes perfect sense.” Hunter said the author’s “never-ending sentences reflect alienation but also propel readers forward,” adding that his work “defies our readiness to accept oppression,” making it both “depressing and invigorating.”