What is Jon Fosse?
{{Infobox writer | name = Jon Fosse | image = Jon Fosse.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Fosse in 2007 | birth_name = Jon Olav Fosse | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|09|29}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Haugesund]], Rogaland, Norway}} | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{cslist|Playwright|novelist|poet}} | education = [[University of Bergen]] (BA) | awards = [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (2023) | spouse = {{ubl|{{Marriage|Bjørg Sissel|1980|1992|end=divorced}}|{{Marriage|[[Grethe Fatima Syéd]]|1993||end=divorced}}|{{Marriage|Anna Fosse|2011}}}} | children = 3 }} {{nobelprize|Literature}}'''Jon Olav Fosse''' (born 29 September 1959 in [[Haugesund]]) is a Norwegian [[author]], [[translator]], and [[playwright]]. In 2023, he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. Fosse has written more than seventy novels. He has also written poems, [[children's literature|children's books,]] essays, and plays. His works have been translated into more than fifty languages. ==Biography== Jon Fosse was born in 1959 in [[Haugesund]], [[Rogaland]] county, and grew up in [[Strandebarm]], [[Hardanger]] (a traditional district in [[Vestland]]). He started writing when he was about twelve years old. When he was a teenager, Fosse was interested in becoming a rock guitarist. When he no longer thought he would be a rock star, he could spend more time writing. Fosse studied [[comparative literature]] at the [[University of Bergen]]. His first novel, ''Raudt, svart'''' (Red, Black), was published in 1983. He earned a master's degree in comparative literature in 1987. It was also from the University of Bergen. Fosse's first play, ''Og aldri skal vi skiljast'''' (And We'll Never Be Parted), was performed and published in 1994. The novel<ref>https://snl.no/Jon_Fosse. Retrieved 2023-10-08</ref> ''Septology'', has 7 [[volume]]s, and they are published as 3 books; The first of those books, came out