Jon Fosse, a master of spare Nordic literature in a sprawling body of work ranging from plays to novels and children’s books, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that “give voice to the unsayable.”
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00:00 The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023
00:02 is awarded to the Norwegian author, Jon Fosse,
00:06 for his innovative plays and prose
00:09 which give voice to the unsayable.
00:12 I've just spoken to Jon Fosse on the phone.
00:15 Not every laureate believes me when I make the call,
00:19 but he was prepared to have confidence until one o'clock.
00:24 He was driving on the countryside at Sognefjord,
00:28 north of Bergen in Norway.
00:30 And we had the opportunity to start speaking
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02:40 a peaceful dinner with the family.