Jon Olav Fosse (1959-09-29) 29 September 1959 (age 64) Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Occupation
Playwright
novelist
poet
Education
University of Bergen (BA)
Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature (2023)
Spouse
Bjørg Sissel
(m. 1980; div. 1992)
Grethe Fatima Syéd
(m. 1993; div. 2009)
Anna Fosse
(m. 2011)
Children
6
Jon Olav Fosse (Norwegian:[ˈjʊ̀nːˈfɔ̂sːə]; 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.[1]
The most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen,[2] Fosse is currently—with productions presented on over a thousand stages worldwide—one of the most performed contemporary playwrights globally.[3][4] His minimalist and deeply introspective plays, with language often bordering on lyrical prose and poetry,[5][6] have been noted to represent a modern continuation of the dramatic tradition established by Henrik Ibsen in the 19th century.[5][7] Fosse's work has often been placed within the tradition of post-dramatic theatre, while several of his notable novels have been described as belonging to the style of post-modernist and avant-garde literature, due to their minimalism, lyricism and unorthodox use of syntax.[8][9]
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^"«Nokon kjem til å kome»: Mørk meditasjon over ensomheten". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^H.H. Andersson, Jon Fosse i teaterhistorien, kunstinstitusjonen og markedet, University of Oslo, 2003
^Bordemann, Suzanne (26 March 2012). "«Man må føre menneskeheten ut av fryktens og den tålmodige sløvhetens primitive stadier» – Om den tyskspråklige resepsjonen av Jon Fosses tidlige dramatikk". Norsk Litteraturvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 1 (in Norwegian). 15: 46–59. doi:10.18261/ISSN1504-288X-2012-01-04. ISSN 0809-2044. Retrieved 5 October 2023. Både Fosses teater og postdramatiske teateruttrykk utfordrer representasjonsteaterets normer og konvensjoner ved å rette søkelyset mot selve persepsjonsprosessen. Når dramatiske konstituenter dekonstrueres, oppstår gjerne kollisjoner med rådende estetiske normer i teaterkritikken. Jeg skal gi noen eksempler på dette.
^"Hva er det med Jon Fosse?". www.bt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 8 May 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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Presented by Swedish Academy Reward(s) 11 million SEK (2023) First awarded 1901 Last awarded 2023 Currently held by JonFosse (2023) Website nobelprize.org...
and employment. Literature – JonFosse, for his innovative plays, prose and style, which has come to be known as Fosse minimalism. Peace – Narges Mohammadi...
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drama has been overshadowed by prose and poetry, with one exception: JonFosse. Fosse, through the 1990s and later, has achieved an international acclaim...
Germany Emilio Estévez Cuba Nuruddin Farah Somalia Kjartan Fløgstad Norway JonFosse Norway Janet Frame New Zealand Marilyn French United States Carlos Fuentes...
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National Theatre Oberon, 2002 Purple (JonFosse) Faber and Faber/NT Connections, 2002 The Girl on the Sofa (JonFosse) Oberon, 2002 Dark Earth Faber and...
the Rehearsal / Persona by Ingmar Bergman, And We'll Never Be Parted by JonFosse, The Russians! by Tom Lanoye, based on Chekhov, The Fountainhead by Ayn...
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