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Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse 1． (award) the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature in the previous month for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.

The Swedish Academy credits Fosse 2． “one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world”, although the 64-year-old originally made his name as a novelist, 3． (begin) with The Red and the Black in 1983. He has since written many works of prose and poetry.

Growing up in a small coastal village, Fosse was immersed in the beauty of nature and the vastness of the sea. He draws 4． (inspire) from his rural living environment and personal struggles, which have deeply influenced his distinctive writing style. Fosse’s writing discussed themes of loneliness, longing, and the search for meaning in life. 5． (addition), his battles with depression have enabled 6． (he) to explore the depths of human emotions and existential despair.

“He touches you so deeply when you read his works,” said Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Noble Prize Committee. “7． is special about him is the closeness in his writing. It touches your 8． (deep) feelings — anxieties, insecurities, questions of life and death, 9． are things that every human being actually face s from the very beginning. In that sense I think he reaches very far and there is 10． universal impact of everything that he writes — it has appeal to this basic humanity.”