Jon Fosse, a master of spare Nordic writing in a sprawling body of work ranging from plays to novels and children's books, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that 바카라give voice to the unsayable.바카라
Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel literature committee, said Fosse's work is rooted 바카라in the language and nature of his Norwegian background바카라.
바카라I was surprised when they called, yet at the same time not. I have cautiously prepared myself for the possibility that this could happen in the past 10 years," Fosse, 64, told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. "It was a great joy for me to get the phone call.바카라
One of his country's most-performed dramatists, Fosse has written some 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children's books, poetry and essays. The Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, said it was 바카라for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable바카라.
Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the academy, reached Fosse by telephone to inform him of the win. He said the writer was driving in the countryside and promised to drive home carefully.
Fosse is the fourth Norwegian writer to get the literature prize. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson got it in 1903, Knut Hamsun was awarded it in 1920 and Sigrid Undset in 1928.
Fosse's work 바카라A New Name: Septology VI-VII바카라 바카라 described by Olsson as Fosse's 바카라magnum opus바카라 바카라 was a finalist for the International Booker Prize in 2022.
In a statement released by his publishing house, Samlaget, Fosse said he saw the prize 바카라as an award to the literature that first and foremost aims to be literature, without other considerations바카라.
The Nobel Prizes carry a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) from a bequest left by their creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. Winners also receive an 18-carat gold medal and diploma at the award ceremonies in December.
Last year, French author Annie Ernaux won the prize for what the prize-giving Swedish Academy called 바카라the courage and clinical acuity바카라 of books rooted in her small-town background in the Normandy region of northwest France.
Ernaux was just the 17th woman among the 119 Nobel literature laureates. The literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers, as well as too male-dominated.
In 2018, the award was postponed after sex abuse allegations rocked the Swedish Academy, which names the Nobel literature committee, and sparked an exodus of members. The academy revamped itself but faced more criticism for giving the 2019 award to Austria's Peter Handke, who has been called an apologist for Serbian war crimes.
