Nobel Prize for Literature 2023

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Context: The Nobel Prize for Literature 2023 has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Olav Fosse.

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The Nobel Prize for Literature 2023 has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Olav Fosse, for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable

Who is Jon Fosse:

Fosse writes in Norwegian Nynorsk, the least common of the two official versions of Norwegian.
Born in 1959, Fosse first started writing novels, switching to plays in his 30s.
He went on to become one of Norway’s most-performed dramatists, and is in fact counted among the most performed of living European dramatists.
His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.
Fosse has written around 40 plays, apart from novels, short stories, children’s books, poetry and essays.
His “A New Name: Septology VI-VII” was a finalist for the International Booker Prize last year.
Other notable works by Fosse include I Am the Wind, Melancholy, Boathouse, and The Dead Dogs.

Some details about his Writing styles

His writing is marked by straightforward, concise, and piercing dialogues.
It shares resemblances with the works of Nobel laureates Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter.
In his writing, he delves into:
- The inexplicable, pointless, yet impactful aspects of the human experience.
- The commonplace perplexities and unresolved dilemmas of daily life.
- The challenge of establishing genuine connections, often hindered by, or even exacerbated through, communication.

More details about Nobel Prize:

The Nobel Prize was set up when businessman and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel died and left the majority of his fortune to the establishment of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace
The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in six categories: Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Sciences.
The Economic Sciences category was added later in 1968 and is officially known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
The first Prizes were awarded in 1901 
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the others are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nobel Prize consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount
The Nobel Prize cannot be given posthumously and it cannot be shared between more than three people.
One cannot nominate himself/herself for a Nobel Prize.