Jon Fosse awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023

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Jon Fosse awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023

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Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023

Norwegian playwright-novelist Jon Fosse awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023.
The Swedish Academy recognizes lesser-known authors with global potential.
Fosse’s works delve into the ambiguities and disquiet of the human condition.
He was awarded “for his innovative plays and prose which voice the unsayable”.
Born in 1959, Fosse’s extensive work includes plays, novels, poetry, essays, and translations.
Fosse is among the most widely-performed playwrights, even receiving recognition in Tehran.
His debut novel “Raudt, svart” (Red, Black) was published in 1983.
“Nokon kjem til a komme” (1996) delves into human emotions like anxiety, powerlessness, and disorientation.
Fosse’s works, while carrying a negative sentiment, are also punctuated with humor and positive feelings.
“Stengd gitar” (1985) presents a minimalist examination of human indecision.
“Natta syng sine songar” (1998) explores the dilemma of a woman pondering over relationships.
“Dodsvariasjonar” (2002) is a reverse-narrated story of a girl’s suicide.
“Trilogien” (Trilogy, 2016) is a Biblically-tinged saga set in a barren coastal landscape.
“Det er Ales” (2004) delves into questions about the boundary between life and death.
Fosse’s magnum opus “Septology” was completed in 2021.
“Septology” is a 1,200-page monologue of an elderly artist conversing with his alter ego over seven days.
Fosse contributed to the translation of the Bible into Norwegian in 2011.
He has translated works of Georg Trakl and Rainer Maria Rilke into Nynorsk.