The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, 64, for "innovative plays and prose that give voice to the unspeakable". He has written a number of novels, the most popular of which are "Alice at the Fire" and "Melancholy and A Shining".

According to Andres Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Prize for Literature jury, "Fosse's vast body of work spans a variety of genres, including some 40 plays and a wealth of novels, collections of poems, essays, children's books, as well as translations."
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Born in 1959 in Haugesund, Norway, Fosse grew up in Strandebarm. At the age of 7, he survived a terrible accident and refers to the event as "the most important experience of his childhood" and according to him, it created him as an artist. As a teenager, he wanted to be a guitarist in a rock band, but then he followed his passion for literature.
Fosse debuted with the novel "Raudt, Svart" (Red, Black), published in 1983.
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