Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator · Norway · On the map · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67

Jon Olav Fosse 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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2025“When I was a boy, I was not a believer at first, not yet, but then I changed my outlook and with it my writing also changed.”In their words25 March 2025agi.itRead the whole statement

“God is three in one, something that is impossible to explain. [...] For a while I attended Quakers: no sacraments, no formal dogma.”In their words25 March 2025agi.itRead the whole statement

2023Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward2021Brage Award for FictionAward2015Honorary Doctor of the University of BergenAward2014European Prize for LiteratureAward2012Language PrizeAward2007Swedish Academy Nordic PrizeAward2005Brage Prize honorary awardAward2003Knight of the National Order of MeritAwardNynorsk Literature PrizeAward1999Dobloug PrizeAwardGyldendal PrizeAward1997Aschehoug PrizeAward1992Nynorsk Literature PrizeAwardSokneprest Alfred Andersson-Ryssts fondAward1959Born29 September 1959