Jon Fosse
Norwegian author, dramatist (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jon Olav Fosse (Norwegian: [ˈjʊ̀nː ˈfɔ̂sːə]; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."
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Born | Jon Olav Fosse (1959-09-29) 29 September 1959 (age 64) Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway |
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Education | University of Bergen (BA) |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (2023) |
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Children | 6 |
Fosse's work spans over seventy novels, poems, children's books, essays, and theatre plays, which have been translated into over fifty languages.[1] The most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen,[2] Fosse is currently—with productions presented on over a thousand stages worldwide—one of the most performed contemporary playwrights globally.[3][4] His minimalist and deeply introspective plays, with language often bordering on lyrical prose and poetry,[5][6] have been noted to represent a modern continuation of the dramatic tradition established by Henrik Ibsen in the 19th century.[5][7] Fosse's work has often been placed within the tradition of post-dramatic theatre, while several of his notable novels have been described as belonging to the style of post-modernist and avant-garde literature, due to their minimalism, lyricism and unorthodox use of syntax.[8][9]