Born in 1959 in Haugesund on the west coast of Norway, Fosse is one of the world's most performed playwrights; his work spans many genres including plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books and translations.
Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. Photo: Reuters
His work “touches the deepest emotions you have, the anxieties, the insecurities, the questions about life and death,” said Swedish Academy member Anders Olsson.
Fosse said he was “overwhelmed and somewhat intimidated” by the award. “I see this as a prize for literature whose goal is first and foremost to be literature, without any other considerations,” he said in a statement.
Fosse talks extensively about his recovery from alcoholism and his struggle to overcome social anxiety, as well as the role of religious faith.
Fosse is the fourth Norwegian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, but the first since 1928.
His European breakthrough as a playwright came with Claude Régy's play "Nokon kjem til å komme" ("Someone is coming" in 1999 in Paris).
His prose masterpiece is the seven-part "Septology" trilogy, which he completed in 2021. Fosse's work has been translated into more than 40 languages, and there have been more than 1,000 different versions of his plays.
Since 2011, Fosse has lived in the Grotto, an honorary residence located on the grounds of Oslo's royal palace that has been home to some of Norway's leading authors and composers of the last century.
Over the years, the literary prize has also selected winners far beyond the novelist tradition, including playwrights, historians, philosophers and poets, even breaking new ground with the award to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 2016.
Mai Anh (according to Reuters)
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