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Jon Fosse (born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author and dramatist. Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway 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 of France in 2007. Fosse also has been ranked number 83 on the list of the Top 100 living geniuses by The Daily Telegraph.
Honours and Awards more less
Nynorsk Literature Prize (1988)
Aschehoug Prize (1997 )
Dobloug Prize (1999 )
Norsk kulturråds ærespris (2003)
Nynorsk Literature Prize (2003)
Brage Prize (2005)
Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (2005)
The Swedish Academy's nordiska pris (2007)
The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs' Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (2007)
Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France (2007)
Ibsen Awards 2010
Plays
Og aldri skal vi skiljast (And Never we'll be Parted ) (1994)
Namnet (The Name ) (1995)
Nokon kjem til å komme (Someone Is Going To Come ) (1996)
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)
Total Books: 70