"Jon Olav Fosse, born on September 29, 1959, is a renowned Norwegian poet, playwright, novelist, translator and essayist. His literary repertoire is extensive, encompassing a number of novels, poems, children’s books, essays, and theatre plays. His works have been translated into more than four dozen languages of the world. Though his first published novel— Raudt, svart (Red, Black), debuted in 1983, he considers his short story— ‘Han’ (He), published in a student newspaper in 1981, as his true literary debut. In April 2022, his novel— A New Name: Septology VI-VII, translated into English by Damion Searls, received critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. In October 2023, his remarkable contribution to literature was once again acknowledged at the international level as he became the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” — Abnish Singh Chauhan
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