He won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature: Who is Jon Fosse?
Jon Fosse won the Nobel Prize in Literature, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. He had a serious accident when he was seven years old and nearly died. This experience significantly influenced his adult writings.
Jon Fosse was born on September 29, 1959, in Haugesund, Norway. A serious accident when he was seven years old brought him to the brink of death; this experience significantly influenced his writing as an adult. He enrolled at the University of Bergen and studied comparative literature. His first novel, Raudt, svart (Red, Black), was published in 1983, written in Nynorsk, one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language. His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast (And We Will Never Part), was staged and published in 1994. Fosse has written novels, short stories, poems, children's books, essays, and plays. His works have been translated into more than forty languages.
Jon Olav Fosse (born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable".
Fosse was awarded France's Ordre national du Mérite in 2003. Fosse was also ranked 83rd on The Daily Telegraph's list of the 100 Greatest Living Geniuses. His novel A New Name: Septology VI-VII, translated into English by Damion Searls in April 2022, was nominated for the International Booker Prize. The book was named a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
Fosse was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 5, 2023.