Jon fosse famous works

In , he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable. Fosse's work spans over seventy novels, poems, children's books, essays, and theatre plays, which have been translated into over fifty languages. Jon Fosse was born in in Haugesund , Norway , and grew up in Strandebarm.

Fosse recalls "I think this experience fundamentally changed me, and perhaps made me a writer. As a teenager, Fosse was interested in becoming a rock guitarist, and he began to dedicate more time to writing once he gave up his musical ambitions. Growing up, he was influenced by communism and anarchism and has described himself as a " hippie ".

Fosse enrolled at the University of Bergen and studied comparative literature during which time he began writing in Nynorsk. Steinen er Blood. The Stone Is. Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry, children's books , essays, and plays.

Why did jon fosse won the nobel prize

His works have been translated into more than forty languages. Between working on his novels, Fosse works as a translator of other authors' works. Fosse is the most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen. Since , Fosse has been granted the Grotten , an honorary residence owned by the Norwegian state and located on the premises of the Royal Palace in the city centre of Oslo.

He was among the literary consultants for Bibel , a Norwegian translation of the Bible published in Many of Fosse's works have been translated into Persian by Mohammad Hamed, and his dramatic works have been performed on the main stages in Tehran , Iran. The translated works which have been produced include Night Sings its Songs [ 25 ] , deathvariations [ 26 ] , SaKaLa [ 27 ] , A Summer Day [ 28 ] [ 29 ] , and Dream of Autumn [ 30 ]