‘I cried, I danced to Springsteen’: in Australia, a Nobel laureate’s translator celebrates their win
Jon Fosse says he would have stopped writing 40 years ago if he had listened to critics
November 2023
Book of the day
A Shining by Jon Fosse review – a spiritual journey
The new Nobel laureate’s latest novella is a shimmering fable about a man lost in a dark forest
October 2023
Nobel prize winner Jon Fosse: ‘It took years before I dared to write again’
‘An extraordinary ethereal force’: readers react to the work of Jon Fosse
Where to start with
Where to start with: Jon Fosse
Read the opening of Jon Fosse’s The Other Name
Jon Fosse’s Nobel prize announces his overdue arrival on the global stage
Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel prize in literature
November 2019
Book of the day
The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse review – a momentous project begins
The beginning of a septet, this darkly ecstatic Norwegian story of art and God is relentlessly consuming
March 2014
Jon Fosse: 'The idea of writing another play doesn't give me pleasure'
He is one of Europe's most-performed dramatists, and his sparse, Pinteresque drama has led to him being tipped for the Nobel prize. So why has Britain never heard of Jon Fosse, asks Andrew Dickson
October 2013
Nobel literature prize: odds slashed on Jon Fosse following surge in bets
'Bigger than average' punts on 100/1 Norwegian author forces bookies to suspend betting, writes Liz Bury
