The Nobel Winner Whose Writing Speaks to Everyone
Jon Fosse’s English translator on the author’s evocation of peacefulness
by Damion Searls
Oct 05, 2023
3 minutes
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Jon Fosse, the Norwegian winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023, was better known in the English-speaking world on announcement morning than many past winners have been. Last year saw the U.S. publication of the final volume of his ,which was shortlisted for several major awards and has attracted more and more readers by word of mouth. But Fosse has long been famous and beloved outside of England and America—in the rest
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