Fosse is the fourth Norwegian writer to get the literature prize, but the first in nearly a century. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson got it in 1903, Knut Hamsun was awarded it in 1920 and Sigrid Undset in ...

While Fosse is the fourth Norwegian writer to get the literature prize, he is the first in nearly a century and the first who writes in Nynorsk, one of the two official written standards. It is ...

Norwegian author Jon Fosse' poses for a photo as his book "Septologien" is launched in 2019 at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. Today, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the award-giving body said.

Nobel Prize for literature goes to Jon Fosse NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Jon Fosse attends the 73rd National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 16, 2022 in New York City.

Fosse’s work, rooted in his Norwegian background, “focuses on human insecurity and anxiety,” Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel literature committee, told The Associated Press.

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Fosse is the fourth Norwegian writer to get the literature prize, but the first in nearly a century. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson got it in 1903, Knut Hamsun was awarded it in 1920 and Sigrid Undset in ...

Nobel Prize for literature goes to Jon Fosse NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Jon Fosse attends the 73rd National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 16, 2022 in New York City. Fosse ...

Fosse is the fourth Norwegian writer to get the literature prize. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson got it in 1903, Knut Hamsun was awarded it in 1920 and Sigrid Undset in 1928.

Norwegian writer Jon Fosse won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, for plays and prose that “give voice to the unsayable,” according to the Swedish Academy.