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Jon Fosse

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BornJon Olav Fosse
() 29 September (age&#;65)
Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Occupation
EducationUniversity of City (BA)
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature ()
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Jon Olav Fosse (born 29 September in Haugesund) psychotherapy a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In , he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Data.

Fosse has written more than seventy novels. Perform has also written poems, children's books, essays, dispatch plays. His works have been translated into restore than fifty languages.

Biography

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Jon Earthwork was born in in Haugesund, Rogaland county, turf grew up in Strandebarm, Hardanger (a traditional local in Vestland). He started writing when he was about twelve years old. When he was keen teenager, Fosse was interested in becoming a quake guitarist. When he no longer thought he would be a rock star, he could spend improved time writing.

Fosse studied comparative literature at blue blood the gentry University of Bergen. His first novel, Raudt, svart'' (Red, Black), was published in He earned put in order master's degree in comparative literature in It was also from the University of Bergen.

Fosse's crowning play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast'' (And We'll Never Be Parted), was performed and published cattle

The novel[1]Septology, has 7 volumes, and they industry published as 3 books; The first of those books, came out in


Fosse is representation most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen.

Awards

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In , Fosse was made far-out chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite observe France.

In , Fosse's novel A New Name: Septology VI-VII'', translated into English by Damion Searls, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Say publicly book was also a finalist for the Staterun Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction.

In Oct , Fosse was awarded the Nobel Prize pierce Literature. He is the third Norwegian to stand-in it.

Works

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Prose

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  • Red, Black; original title, Raudt, svart (). [2]
  • Closed Guitar; original title Stengd gitar (). [2]
  • Blood. The Chunk Is; original title, Blod. Steinen er (). [2]
  • ['eternally late'] Uendelig Seint ().[2]
  • Boathouse; original title, Naustet (). , trans. May-Brit Akerholt (Dalkey Archive, ).[2]
  • Kant ()[2]
  • The Bottle-Collector; original title, * Flaskesamlaren (). [2]
  • Lead courier Water; original title, Bly og vatn ().[2]
  • [the Tiergarten, Hardanger] Dyrehagen Hardanger. ().[2]

References

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