Jon Fosse Wins , 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.<br />The 64-year-old Norwegian playwright was awarded the prize "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," NPR reports. .<br />While Fosse is not well-known to the general public outside of Norway, he is internationally celebrated within the literary community. .<br />He has been referred to as "the most produced living playwright," NPR reports. .<br />His immense oeuvre, written in <br />Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning <br />a variety of genres consists of a <br />wealth of plays, novels, poetry <br />collections, essays, children's <br />books and translations. , Nobel Prize committee, via statement.<br />While he is today one of the most <br />widely performed playwrights in <br />the world, he has also become <br />increasingly recognized for his prose, Nobel Prize committee, via statement.<br />Fosse began as a novelist, only to break through as a playwright in his 40s.<br />In 1998, he became internationally known with <br />a Paris production of 'Nokon kjem til å komme' <br />(in English, 'Someone Is Going to Come Home').<br />To date, over 60 countries <br />have performed his work.<br />Fosse has won several European awards and receives a lifetime government stipend and residence in Oslo.<br />He was also knighted in France in 2007
