Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for giving 'voice to the unsayable'
- Written by Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney
Jon Fosse has just been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.
The worthy winner, aged 64, is a major figure in Norwegian literary and cultural circles and the fourth Norwegian to win the most prestigious award in world literature. He’s also the second...