The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to renowned Norwegian author Jon Fosse

Mr. Jon Fosse, 64 years old, is famous for his huge number of works written in Norwegian Nynorsk language in many genres such as plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books and many translations.

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Norwegian writer Jon Fosse was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Source: Clarin)

On the evening of October 6 (Vietnam time), the Swedish Academy announced that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature belongs to Norwegian writer and playwright Jon Fosse, for "his plays and prose works of inventiveness, giving voice to the unspeakable."

Jon Fosse, 64, is known for his prolific output of works written in the Norwegian Nynorsk language in a variety of genres including plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books and numerous translations.

Today, he is one of the world's most widely performed playwrights, and his prose works are also increasingly appreciated.

During his career, Mr. Fosse authored some 40 plays as well as novels and other literary genres.

Some opinions about his works stem from his language and the Norwegian nature of his personality.

Writer Fosse will receive a prize worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($986,000).

This is the fourth Nobel Prize to be announced in the 2023 Nobel season. The remaining 2023 Nobel Prizes, Peace and Economics, will be announced on October 6 and 9, respectively.

In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux. Ernaux, 82, known for her autobiographical works that reflect on her personal life from a sociological perspective, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “the courage and sharpness with which she explores the origins, the discord and the limits of personal memory.”

Since its inception in 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 116 times, with 120 authors receiving the prize, four of whom have shared the prize. Of these, 17 authors are women.

The first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to French poet Sully Prudhomme in 1901.

The youngest Nobel Prize in Literature winner to date is British journalist and writer Rudyard Kipling, who was honored in 1907, at the age of 41.

Meanwhile, the oldest person to ever receive this award was novelist Doris Lessing, at the age of 88 (in 2007).

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