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Jon Olav Fosse ( Norwegian: [ˈjʊ̀nː ˈfɔ̂sːə]; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."
Jon Fosse is a Norwegian author of novels, plays, poems, children’s books, and essays, who has also worked as an instructor and a translator. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023 “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
Oct 5, 2023 · Throughout a decades-long career, the playwright and author Jon Fosse has inspired comparisons to Henrik Ibsen, Samuel Beckett and even George Harrison from the Beatles.
After the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature was announced, new laureate Jon Fosse was inundated with messages congratulating him on the award. In this call with the Nobel Prize’s Manisha Lalloo he speaks about one particular reader who told him that his work was “the reason she was still alive.”.
Jon Fosse. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023. Born: 29 September 1959, Haugesund, Norway. Residence at the time of the award: Norway; Austria. Prize motivation: “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable” Language: Norwegian Nynorsk. Prize share: 1/1. Work.
Jon Fosse delivered his Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2023 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. He was introduced by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. English.
Oct 5, 2023 · Norwegian author, playwright and poet Jon Fosse has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy said on Thursday it was for his "innovative plays...
Oct 5, 2023 · A Norwegian writer, Jon Fosse, has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature. Though little-known outside his home country, he is celebrated in literary circles.
Oct 5, 2023 · The Norwegian novelist, poet and playwright Jon Fosse — who has found a growing audience in the English-speaking world for novels that grapple with themes of aging, mortality, love and art —...
Oct 5, 2023 · The Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. Eirik Hagesaeter/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. By Randy Boyagoda. Randy Boyagoda is a novelist and professor...
