Congratulations to Jon Fosse on being awared the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 6 2023

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023

JON FOSSE

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse, “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”

His immense oeuvre written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations. While he is today one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world, he has also become increasingly recognised for his prose.

Please find the whole statement here

Jon Fosse says: – I am overwhelmed and grateful. I see this as an award to the literature that first and foremost aims to be literature, without considerations.

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