Innovation in Drama and Prose... Norwegian Playwright and Poet Jon Fosse Wins Nobel Prize in Literature (Comprehensive)

"Expressing Things That Cannot Be Fully Described in Words"

Jon Fosse (64), a Norwegian playwright, novelist, and poet, will receive the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.

On the 5th (local time), the Swedish Academy announced that it had decided to award Fosse the Nobel Prize in Literature. The selection was based on the innovation in his plays and prose. The Academy explained, "His innovative plays and prose have expressed what cannot be conveyed in words."

Fosse said in his acceptance speech, "I am overwhelmed and somewhat frightened," adding, "I believe this prize is given to literature that aims to be literature itself without any other considerations."

Fosse is regarded as a leading 'master' of the Nordic region. He is the Norwegian playwright whose works have been performed the most after Henrik Ibsen (1828?1906), the author of A Doll's House. His plays are praised for leading contemporary theater and have been staged over 900 times worldwide.

In South Korea, his novel Morning and Evening (Munhakdongne), the play collection Dream of an Autumn Day and Others (Jimanji Drama), and the three-part novella series The Sleepless have been published.

Fosse will receive a prize of 11 million kronor (approximately 1.347 billion KRW), along with a medal and a diploma.

Meanwhile, the Swedish Academy will announce the Peace Prize winner on the 6th and the Economics Prize winner on the 9th. On the 2nd, Katalin Karik? (68) and Drew Weissman (64) were awarded the Physiology or Medicine Prize, and on the 3rd, Pierre Agostini (70), Ferenc Krausz (61), and Anne L’Huillier (female, 65) were selected for the Physics Prize.

On the 4th, three individuals?Moungi Bawendi (62), Louis Brus (80), and Alexey Ekimov (78)?were chosen as the Chemistry Prize winners for their contributions to the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.

The Nobel Prize ceremonies will be held during 'Nobel Week,' which includes the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death on December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden (for Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, and Economics) and Oslo, Norway (for Peace).

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