Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 awarded to Jon Fosse: All about the author |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 is awarded to Jon Fosse on October 5. The Norwegian author was announced as a winner of the prestigious award “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”The news was announced by the Nobel Prize on their social media today.The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy. The prize is worth 11 million Swedish crowns (approximately INR 8.30 crores).Jon Fosse said that winning the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 is both--overwhelming and scary, as per Reuters.Read AlsoFamous Syrian author and poet Khaled Khalifa dies at 59Syrian author Khaled Khalifa, known for his novels on the devastation of Aleppo during the civil war, has died at 59 from cardiac arrest. Despite his opposition to the ruling Baath party,...