Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. Norwegian Ekstrakt fra Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II Og eg ser meg stå og sjå mot biletet med dei to strekane, ein lilla og…

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. English Excerpt from The Other Name. Septology I-II And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that…

Want to get started with 2023 literature laureate , but don’t know which book to pick up first? We spoke to Anders Olsson, Chairman of the The Nobel Committee for Literature who gave us three of his Fosse favourites. Stengd gitar My first choice is Fosse’s second novel Stengd gitar (1985), which presents us with…

Interview, December 2023 Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Jon Fosse, recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Jon Fosse answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): How did your writing career start? What inspired you to start writing? How…

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 to Jon Fosse, by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 5 October 2023. After the announcement Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the new laureate. Interview about the awarded work “What is special is that he touches on the deepest…

Jon Fosse receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Jon Fosse after receiving his prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Medicine laureates Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, literature laureate Jon Fosse and economic…

Swedish Biobibliografi Jon Fosse föddes 1959 i Haugesund på norska västkusten. Hans författarskap på nynorska i olika genrer är synnerligen omfattande och består av ett fyrtiotal pjäser och en lång rad romaner, diktsamlingar, essäer, barnböcker och översättningar. Han är en av samtidens mest spelade dramatiker men har alltmer blivit uppmärksammad för sin prosa. Han debuterade som…

English Biobibliography Jon Fosse was born 1959 in Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast. His immense œuvre written in Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations. While he is today one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world, he has…

English The Permanent Secretary Press release5 October 2023 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Jon Fosse The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse, “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.

Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande5 oktober 2023 Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2023 Jon Fosse Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2023 tilldelas den norska författaren Jon Fosse, ”för hans nyskapande dramatik och prosa som ger röst åt det osägbara”.