The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 was awarded to Jon Fosse
> “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.
JoyousDiversion on
Seems to try his hand at everything. Fair play to him for winning but I’d never heard of him.
Pangloss_ex_machina on
I really thought that Mircea Cărtărescu would win this year.
Still rooting for Michel Houellebecq though.
RayPrimus on
One of those rare times I have actually read something by the winner. His trilogy of novellas is very good.
Cease_Cows_ on
I guess we wait yet another year for Murakami to win
RealDorianGray on
I was really rooting for Salman Rushdie. Well, maybe in another year.
TheGreatMalagan on
Every year I’m surprised Margaret Atwood isn’t on the list of winners
taintflip on
Honestly, after reading the first part of Septology I’m not terribly surprised. It was a very unique book and terribly gripping
Olga_tiff on
How would you recommend approaching this writer?
What should i read firstly?
BobdH84 on
I’m very pleased with this win! I discovered Fosse earlier this year and his writing style, with long sentences and repetitions, completely suck you into the book. I found *Melancholy I-II* especially to be a very intense and memorable read. Can’t wait to start in his *Septology*!
RandomMusings-5044 on
Very happy with this win.
I have read three works by Fosse:
Aliss At The Fire, Trilogy and Septology.
I recommend all three but Septology is his magnum opus and a very special reading experience in my opinion.
Freenore on
Thought it might’ve been Ismail Kadare at long last.
ImJoshsome on
Krasznahorkai robbed. Ive been hoping he’d win for the last couple years. Maybe with the release of next years book, he’ll win
Wonderful-Main-5669 on
He may be my most significant living author, alongside DeLillo and Krasznahorkai. I ploughed through all of his English translated novels/novellas last year and I fell in love. His works shook me out of a literary funk/slump I had been experiencing, reminding me of what literature is capable of. He is a true author of the unconscious. An extraordinary writer.
SPAZZTACULAR on
Borges, Celine, Chekhov, Fitzgerald, Fosse, Graham Greene, Ibsen, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Maugham, Murakami, Nabokov, Orwell, Proust, Rushdie, Strindberg, Tolstoy, Twain, H. G. Wells …
One of these won a Nobel Prize!
n10w4 on
so just this century more Euro-NA authors than any other place in the world. what bs.
Popular_Animator_808 on
Good for him, but Can Xue was robbed.
Fuzzbottle on
Septology is far more engaging and accessible than I predicted it would be. Best book I’ve read all year.
JeetKuneLo on
His work sounds extremely Christian… Am I missing something about Fosse that would interest me as a very non-Christian person?
MakeTheWordCum on
Anyone of a recommendation for one of his plays (in English, if possible)?
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 was awarded to Jon Fosse
> “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.
Seems to try his hand at everything. Fair play to him for winning but I’d never heard of him.
I really thought that Mircea Cărtărescu would win this year.
Still rooting for Michel Houellebecq though.
One of those rare times I have actually read something by the winner. His trilogy of novellas is very good.
I guess we wait yet another year for Murakami to win
I was really rooting for Salman Rushdie. Well, maybe in another year.
Every year I’m surprised Margaret Atwood isn’t on the list of winners
Honestly, after reading the first part of Septology I’m not terribly surprised. It was a very unique book and terribly gripping
How would you recommend approaching this writer?
What should i read firstly?
I’m very pleased with this win! I discovered Fosse earlier this year and his writing style, with long sentences and repetitions, completely suck you into the book. I found *Melancholy I-II* especially to be a very intense and memorable read. Can’t wait to start in his *Septology*!
Very happy with this win.
I have read three works by Fosse:
Aliss At The Fire, Trilogy and Septology.
I recommend all three but Septology is his magnum opus and a very special reading experience in my opinion.
Thought it might’ve been Ismail Kadare at long last.
Krasznahorkai robbed. Ive been hoping he’d win for the last couple years. Maybe with the release of next years book, he’ll win
He may be my most significant living author, alongside DeLillo and Krasznahorkai. I ploughed through all of his English translated novels/novellas last year and I fell in love. His works shook me out of a literary funk/slump I had been experiencing, reminding me of what literature is capable of. He is a true author of the unconscious. An extraordinary writer.
Borges, Celine, Chekhov, Fitzgerald, Fosse, Graham Greene, Ibsen, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Maugham, Murakami, Nabokov, Orwell, Proust, Rushdie, Strindberg, Tolstoy, Twain, H. G. Wells …
One of these won a Nobel Prize!
so just this century more Euro-NA authors than any other place in the world. what bs.
Good for him, but Can Xue was robbed.
Septology is far more engaging and accessible than I predicted it would be. Best book I’ve read all year.
His work sounds extremely Christian… Am I missing something about Fosse that would interest me as a very non-Christian person?
Anyone of a recommendation for one of his plays (in English, if possible)?
i enjoy reading . b o ok s