When I was a boy, I was not a believer at first, not yet, but then I changed my outlook and with it my writing also changed. When I start working, I … - Jon Fosse

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When I was a boy, I was not a believer at first, not yet, but then I changed my outlook and with it my writing also changed. When I start working, I start from scratch, I don't document or prepare myself by doing research, but I try to turn what I am doing into something else. For me, writing is listening and for me to find it interesting it must be a new experience every single time. It is my desire to createsomething that was not yet there.

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About Jon Fosse

Jon Olav Fosse (born 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."

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Alternative Names: Jon Olav Fosse
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