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— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” pic.twitter.com/dhJgGUawMl
This year’s #NobelPrize laureate in literature Jon Fosse was born in 1959 on the Norwegian west coast. His immense œuvre is written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spans a variety of genres consisting of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations. pic.twitter.com/0esbbHi88A
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
Jon Fosse – awarded the 2023 #NobelPrize in Literature – is today one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world and has become increasingly recognised for his prose.
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
The human condition is the central theme of Fosse’s body of work, irrespective of genre.
Jon Fosse – awarded the 2023 #NobelPrize in Literature – has much in common with his great precursor in Norwegian Nynorsk literature Tarjei Vesaas. Fosse combines strong local ties, both linguistic and geographic, with modernist artistic techniques. He includes in his… pic.twitter.com/FkoP8j737R
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
2023 #NobelPrize laureate Jon Fosse’s breakthrough as a dramatist came with the 1999 production of his play ‘Nokon kjem til å komme’ (1996; ‘Someone Is Going to Come’, 2002). With its themes of fearful anticipation and crippling jealousy, Fosse’s singularity is fully evident. pic.twitter.com/MjHJopxxTf
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
Literature laureate Fosse’s magnum opus in prose is ‘Septology’ which he completed in 2021: ‘Det andre namnet’ (2019; ‘The Other Name’, 2020), ‘Eg er ein annan’ (2020; ‘I is Another’, 2020) and ‘Eit nytt namn’ (2021; ‘A New Name’, 2021).#NobelPrize
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
This year’s literature laureate Jon Fosse writes novels heavily pared down to a style that has come to be known as ‘Fosse minimalism’.
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 2023年10月5日
This can be seen in his second novel ‘Stengd gitar’ (1985), when Fosse presents us with a harrowing variation on one of his major themes, the… pic.twitter.com/5v1fQ6C6CJ
Paul Glynn*1 "Jon Fosse: 'Innovative' Norwegian author and playwright wins Nobel Literature Prize" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67016421
Alexander Howard “Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for giving ‘voice to the unsayable’” https://theconversation.com/jon-fosse-wins-the-2023-nobel-prize-in-literature-for-giving-voice-to-the-unsayable-215143
Neda Ulaby "Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature" https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203690242/norwegian-playwright-jon-fosse-wins-the-2023-nobel-prize-in-literature
2023年度のノーベル文学賞は諾威の劇作家ヨン・フォッセ*2に送られる。遺憾ながら、ヨン・フォッセという名前とその業績については全然存じ上げなかった。彼は、元々クエーカーで、後にカトリックに改宗したという。諾威ならルター派でしょうというステレオタイプを持っていたので、興味深いことだと思った。
