Jon Fosse, Norwegian writer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2023

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The announcement was made this Thursday (5) by the Swedish Academy, in Stockholm. According to the Academy, the award was given “for his innovative plays and prose that give voice to the unspeakable.” This year’s Nobel Prize winner, Jon Fosse Disclosure/Reproduction/Twitter Jon Fosse, Norwegian writer and playwright, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature. The announcement was made this Thursday (5), by the Swedish Academy, in Stockholm. Nobel Prize for Literature: remember the winners of the last ten years According to the Academy, the prize was awarded “for his innovative plays and prose that give voice to the unspeakable”. With the announcement, Fosse said he was “impressed and a little scared” in a statement. “I see this as a reward for literature that, above all, aims to be literature, without other considerations.” The author, who writes in the less common version of the two official versions of Norwegian, said that he considered the award a recognition of that language and the movement that promotes it, and that ultimately he owed the award to the language itself. Born in 1959, on the west coast of Norway, Fosse made his debut in 1983, with the novel “Raudt, svart” (“Red, black”, not published in Brazil). Already called the “Norwegian Samuel Beckett of the 21st century”, his work includes fiction, poetry, essays, more than 40 plays and children’s titles. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Reproduction/Twitter “Jon Fosse has a lot in common with his great precursor in Norwegian literature from Nynorsk, Tarjei Vesaas. Fosse combines strong local ties, both linguistic and geographical, with modernist artistic techniques”, says the Academy. “Although Fosse shares the negative outlook of his predecessors, it cannot be said that his particular Gnostic vision results in a nihilistic contempt for the world. Indeed, there is great warmth and humor in his work, and a naive vulnerability to his vivid images of experience human.” According to the Academy, his masterpiece in prose is the series “Septology” (without translation into Portuguese), completed in 2021: “Det andre namnet” (“The second name”, in the free translation into Portuguese), ” Eg er ein annan” (“I am another person”, in the free translation into Portuguese) and “Eit nytt namn” (“A new name”, in the free translation into Portuguese). In dramaturgy, his highlight was with the play “Nokon kjem til å komme” (1996; “Someone will arrive”, in the free translation into Portuguese), “with its themes of frightening expectation and paralyzing jealousy, Fosse’s singularity is totally evident”, says the Academy. “Jon Fosse is now one of the most performed playwrights in the world and has become increasingly recognized for his prose. The human condition is the central theme of Fosse’s work, regardless of genre.” In September, Companhia das Letras published “É a Ales”, which presents a reflection on love and loss based on the memories of Signe, a woman waiting for her husband, who disappeared after going out on a boat in a fjord. The last winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature Annie Ernaux Julie Sebadelha/AFP Last year, the winner was Frenchwoman Annie Ernaux. With more than 20 books published, the writer is known for autobiographical novels and memoirs that focus on class and gender experiences. The writer received the award for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she reveals the roots, estrangements and collective inhibitions of personal memory”, stated the Academy. 2022: Annie Ernaux (France) 2021: Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania) 2020: Louise Glück (United States) 2019: Peter Handke (Austria) 2018: Olga Tokarczuk (Poland) 2017: Kazuo Ishiguro (United Kingdom) 2016: Bob Dylan (United States) United) 2015: Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus) 2014: Patrick Modiano (France) 2013: Alice Munro (Canada) Nobel Prize for Literature controversy In 2021, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose novels explore the impact of migration in individuals and societies. He was only the sixth winner with African roots – the Nobel was often criticized for prioritizing European and American authors, in addition to being awarded to more men, with only 16 women among the 118 winners. Both the 2021 and 2020 prizes, awarded to American poet Louise Glück, followed years of controversy and scandals involving the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 2018, the delivery was postponed after allegations of a sex scandal within the #MeToo movement shook the 18 members of the Swedish Academy, which organizes the Nobel Prize for Literature, causing the exodus of several of its members. The organization overcame the period, but was criticized again in 2019 for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to Austrian novelist Peter Handke, involved in controversy for having been accused of condoning war crimes in Serbia. Nobel in 2023 The Nobel Prize medal The Nobel Prize Foundation This year’s Nobel Prize winners will receive an extra 1 million kroner, bringing the total financial reward to 11 million Swedish kronor (in current direct conversion, about R$5.05 million), informed the Nobel Foundation, which administers the awards. The medicine degree was the first to be announced this Monday (2). The award went to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, for research that allowed the creation of vaccines against Covid. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize for Medicine AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko The Physics prize, announced on Tuesday (3), went to three scientists with a study that explores the world of electrons. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier carried out experiments that gave humanity new tools to explore the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. Anne L’Huillier is the fifth woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics Bertil Ericson/TT News Agency via AP On Wednesday (4), Frenchman Moungi Bawendi, American Louis Brus and Russian Alexei Ekimov were announced as the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The prize was awarded to scientists for the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so small that their size determines their properties. These smallest nanotechnology components now scatter their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons in removing tumor tissue, among many other things. What is the Nobel Prize? The award was created by chemist and businessman Alfred Nobel. Inventor of dynamite in 1867, the Swede donated most of his fortune in his will to create prizes for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace (the economics prize was created years later). A bust of Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel on display during the 2018 award ceremony in Stockholm. Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP, File The document said the prizes were to be awarded “to those who, during the previous year, have conferred the greatest benefit on humanity.” However, nowadays, as explained by Juleen Zierath, member of the Karolinska Institute – the jury for the Nobel Prize in Medicine -, this rule is no longer taken as strictly as possible. “You may have made this discovery at a very early stage in your research career, or you may have made this discovery at a very advanced stage of your research career,” the researcher points out.

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