The Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose performs are among the many most carried out by modern playwrights in Europe.
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He was honored “for his revolutionary performs and prose that give voice to the unspeakable,” in line with the Swedish Academy.
His writing is outlined extra by kind than content material, with what just isn’t stated typically extra revealing than what’s there.
Usually in comparison with Samuel Beckett, Fosse’s work is minimalist and depends on easy language that conveys its message by rhythm, melody and silence.
His main works embody “Boathouse” (1989), which was effectively obtained by critics, and “Melancholy” I and II (1995-1996).
Fosse, 64, has been a frequent supply of Nobel Prize hypothesis for a number of years.
“His immense oeuvre, written in Norwegian Nynorsk (one of many Norwegian written languages) and protecting a wide range of genres, consists of a wealth of performs, novels, poetry collections, essays, kids’s books and translations,” stated the jury.
“Whereas he is likely one of the most carried out playwrights on the earth right this moment, he’s additionally more and more acknowledged for his prose.”
The Nobel Prize comes with a medal and a money prize of 11 million Swedish kronor (about 1 million {dollars}).
Final 12 months the prize went to French feminist icon Annie Ernaux, recognized for her deceptively easy novels based mostly on private experiences with class and gender.
The Academy has lengthy been criticized for the overrepresentation of Western white male authors amongst its selections.
The Swedish Academy has undergone main reforms since a devastating #MeToo scandal in 2018, which noticed the launch of a extra international and gender-equal literature prize.
Because the scandal, three ladies have been honored – Annie Ernaux, American poet Louise Gluck and Poland’s Olga Tokarczuk – and three males – Austrian creator Peter Handke, Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah and Fosse.
Fosse will obtain the Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf at a proper ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of scientist Alfred Nobel’s dying in 1896.
(AFP)
