Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse
The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Norwegian Jon Fosse for his 'innovative plays and prose', according to the Swedish Academy.
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The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Norwegian Jon Fosse for his 'innovative plays and prose', according to the Swedish Academy.
Jon Fosse, a master of spare Nordic prose in a sprawling body of work ranging from plays to novels and children's books, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for writing that gives 'voice to the unsayable.'
His plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in the world
Fosse's sprawling body of work includes plays, novels, children's books and more. The Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, said the writer's works "give voice to the unsayable".
After enormous dramas, intense scandals, a notable awardless year, a subsequent year in which one of the winner’s politics were very ... fraught, gossip, cheating, resignations, and Bob Dylan, the Nobel Prize for literature has definitively exited its flop era—for now. Louise Glück, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Annie Ernaux, and now Jon Fosse, who was awarded the prize on Thursday: That’s four serious winners in four years, all killer no filler. Glück was a long shot, Gurnah was a shock, and Ernaux and Fo