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Norwegian author Jon Fosse has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovative plays and prose. This follows last year's win by French author Annie Ernaux, who was praised for her books rooted in her small-town background. The Nobel literature prize has faced criticism for its Eurocentric and male-dominated focus.
Fosse has written some 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children's books, poetry and essays.
The Swedish Academy said the 64-year-old was honoured "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable".
Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced the prize Thursday
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