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The prize has gone to a Norwegian playwright and novelist whose work examines the lives of ordinary people on the outer reaches of society.
Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other "elemental stuff" of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing that prize organizers said gives "voice to the unsayable."
Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing that prize organizers said gives “voice to the unsayable.” The novelist and playwright said the prize was recognition of “literature that first and foremost…
Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature for his 'innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.'
The Swedish Academy said the 64-year-old was honoured "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable".