Like simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole, irony is a very useful figure of speech. Writers and other creative workers regularly make use of it, including comedians. It can, however, also ...

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai - who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 71 - has long ...

Although verbal irony is one of the most common types used in casual conversation and storytelling, it can be easy to mix it up with other types of irony. Understanding how it differs can be helpful ...

It’s hard to make irony shine through in writing without the full range of eloquent pause, verbal inflection, arched eyebrow and wry lip that we can employ in person. People noticed this problem long ...

The Hungarian writer has been honored for a work that "reaffirms the power of art in the face of apocalyptic terror." ...

The cliché: Each year as we revisit 9/11, commentators and critics recall the "death of irony" that was widely trumpeted in the days after the attack. This year, the mentions, as with the 9/11 ...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: When the call came from Stockholm, Laszlo Krasznahorkai was sitting in a friend’s flat in ...