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Quick facts for kids Jon Fosse | |
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| Born | Jon Olav Fosse (1959-09-29) 29 September 1959 (age 65) Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway |
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| Education | University of Bergen (BA) |
| Literary movement | Minimalism |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (2023) |
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| Children | 6 |
Jon Olav Fosse (Norwegian: [ˈjʊ̀nː ˈfɔ̂sːə]; born 29 September 1959) 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."
Fosse's work spans over seventy novels, poems, children's books, essays, and theatre plays, which have been translated into over fifty languages.
The most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen, Fosse is currently—with productions presented on over a thousand stages worldwide—one of the most performed conte