Jon Fosse wins Nobel for works that 'give voice to the unsayable'
Norwegian playwright, novelist, essayist and poet writes in Nynorsk, a language used by just 10 per cent of Norway's 5.4 million people
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Norwegian playwright, novelist, essayist and poet writes in Nynorsk, a language used by just 10 per cent of Norway's 5.4 million people
Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse, whose works have been translated into 40 languages, has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. | TAG24
Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” Read more
Jon Fosse, a master of spare Nordic writing in a sprawling body of work ranging from plays to novels and children’s books, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.
Norway's Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in the world, won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.