Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 awarded to renowned Norwegian author Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse, 64, is known for his prolific output of works written in Norwegian Nynorsk in a variety of genres including plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books and numerous translations.

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Norwegian writer Jon Fosse was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Source: Clarin)

On the evening of October 6 (Vietnam time), the Swedish Academy announced that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature belongs to Norwegian writer and playwright Jon Fosse, for "his plays and inventive prose works that give voice to the unspeakable."

Today, he is one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world, and his prose works are increasingly appreciated.

During his career, Mr. Fosse authored some 40 plays as well as novels and other literary genres.

Some opinions about his works stem from his language and the Norwegian nature of his people.

Writer Fosse will receive a prize worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($986,000).

This is the fourth Nobel Prize to be announced in the 2023 Nobel season. The remaining 2023 Nobel Prizes, Peace and Economics, will be announced on October 6 and 9, respectively.

In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux. Ernaux, 82, known for her autobiographical works that reflect on her personal life from a sociological perspective, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “the courage and sharpness with which she has explored the origins, the discord and the limitations of personal memory."

Since its inception in 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 116 times, but 120 authors have received the prize, with two people sharing the prize four times. Of these, 17 authors are women.

The first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to French poet Sully Prudhomme in 1901.

The youngest Nobel Prize in Literature winner to date is British journalist and writer Rudyard Kipling, who was awarded the prize in 1907, at the age of 41.

Meanwhile, the oldest person to ever receive this award was novelist Doris Lessing, at the age of 88 (in 2007).

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