Jon Fosse
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Jon Fosse Norwegian author and playwright whose minimalist prose and drama — often compared to Beckett for its stark beauty — has made him one of the most performed playwrights in the world. His seven-part novel "Septology" was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Nobel Prize in Literature 2023, awarded for his "innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."
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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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