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Jon Fosse
Playwright

Jon Fosse

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Writing spare plays and the novel sequence Septology in Norwegian Nynorsk.

Someone Is Going to Come · Trilogy

Born
29 September 1959
Birthplace
Haugesund, Norway

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Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse is a Norwegian writer whose repetitions and pauses express uncertainty, intimacy and spiritual questions.

Early life

Western Norway

Grew up near the Hardangerfjord.

University

Studied at the University of Bergen.

Career

  1. 1983

    First novel

    Published Red, Black.

  2. 1990s

    Theatre

    Began a dramatic career that spread internationally.

  3. 2023

    Nobel Prize

    Received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Selected work

Someone Is Going to Come

Turned a couple’s isolation into tense theatre.

Trilogy

Linked three short novels around love and survival.

Septology

Followed a painter through memory, doubles and faith.

Beyond work

Language

Writes in Nynorsk, one of Norway’s two written standards.

Faith

Converted to Catholicism in 2013.

Sources & photo creditLife, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Someone Is Going to Come — original theatre ↗Septology — publisher ↗

Photo: Tom A. Kolstad/Det norske samlaget.. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.