Jon Fosse is a Norwegian author

Author

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 and dramatist.

Fosse was born in Haugesund

Haugesund

is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...

, Norway

Norway

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 and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart (Red, black). His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry, children's books, essays and plays. His works have been translated into more than forty languages. He is widely considered as one of the world's greatest contemporary playwrights. Fosse was made a chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite

Ordre National du Mérite

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 of France

France

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 in 2007. Fosse also has been ranked number 83 on the list of the Top 100 living geniuses by The Daily Telegraph

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Honours and awards

• Nynorsk Literature Prize
  Nynorsk Literature Prize
  The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect...
  
   (1988)
• Aschehoug Prize
  Aschehoug Prize
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   (1997 )
• Dobloug Prize
  Dobloug Prize
  The Dobloug Prize is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is . The Dobloug Prize is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy.-Prize winners:...
  
   (1999 )
• Norsk kulturråds ærespris
  Norsk kulturråds ærespris
  The Arts Council Norway Honorary Award is awarded annually by the Arts Council Norway. The prize is awarded annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to Norwegian art and culture. The prize committee does not solicit nominations and the decision on award is made in closed meeting...
  
   (2003)
• Nynorsk Literature Prize
  Nynorsk Literature Prize
  The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect...
  
   (2003)
• Brage Prize
  Brage Prize
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   (2005)
• Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (2005)
• The Swedish Academy
  Swedish Academy
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  's nordiska pris (2007)
• The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs' Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
  Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
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   (2007)
• Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite
  Ordre National du Mérite
  The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
  
   of France (2007)
• Ibsen Awards 2010

Plays

• Nokon kjem til å komme (Someone Is Going To Come) (written in 1992-93; first produced in 1996)
• Og aldri skal vi skiljast (And Never we'll be Parted) (1994)
• Namnet (The Name) (1995)
• Barnet (The Child) (1996)
• Mor og barn (Mother and Child) (1997)
• Sonen (The Son) (1997)
• Natta syng sine songar (Night Sings its Songs) (1997)
• Gitarmannen (The Guitar Man) Monolog (1999)
• Ein sommars dag (A Summer's Day) (1999)
• Draum om hausten (Autumn Dream) (1999)
• Sov du vesle barnet mitt (Sleep you little Child of mine) (2000)
• Besøk (Visits) (2000
• Vinter (Winter) (2000)
• Ettermiddag (Afternoon) (2000)
• Vakkert (Beauftiful) (2001)
• Dødsvariasjonar (Deathvariations) (2001)
• Jenta i sofaen (The Girl on the Sofa) (2002)
• Lilla (Lilac) (2003)
• Suzannah (2004)
• Dei døde hundane (The Dead Dogs) (2004)
• Sa ka la (2004)
• Varmt (Warm) (2005)
• Svevn (Sleep) (2005)
• Rambuku (2006)
• Skuggar (Shadows) (2006)
• Eg er vinden (I Am the Wind) (2007)

Prose

• Raudt, svart (Red, black) Novel (1983)
• Stengd gitar (Closed Guitar) Novel (1985, 1992, 1997)
• Blod. Steinen er (Blood. The stone is) Novella (1987)
• Naustet (The boat-house) Novel (1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001)
• Flaskesamlaren (The Bottle-collector) Novel (1991)
• Bly og vatn (Lead and water) Novel (1992)
• To forteljingar (Two Tales) Novellas (1993)
• Prosa frå ein oppvekst (Prose from a Growing-up). Short prose (1994)
• Melancholia I. Novel (1995, 1997, 1999 (English translation: Melancholy)
• Melancholia II. Novel (1996, 1997, 1999)
• Eldre kortare prosa med 7 bilete av Camilla Wærenskjold (Older shorter prose with 7 pictures of Camilla Wærenskjold) Short prose (1998)
• Morgon og kveld (Morning and Evening) Novel (2000, 2001)
• Det er Ales (This is Ales) Novel (2004, 2005)
• Andvake (Sleepless) Novella (2007)

Poetry

• Engel med vatn i augene (1986)
• Hundens bevegelsar (1990)
• Hund og engel (1992)
• Dikt (1986–1992) Revidert samleutgåve (1995)
• Nye dikt (1991–1994 (1997)
• Dikt (1986–2001. Samla dikt. Lyrikklubben (2001)
• Auge i vind (2003)

Essays

• Frå telling via showing til writing (1989)
• Gnostiske essay (1999)

External links

• Jon Fosse at Doollee.com
• "Translator Damion Searls on Jon Fosse" Center for the Art of Translation