Norwegian Author Jon Fosse

"I am overwhelmed and grateful. I see this as an award to the literature that first and foremost aims to be literature, without other considerations," Fosse said in a statement immediately after the announcement.

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday.

"I am overwhelmed and grateful. I see this as an award to the literature that first and foremost aims to be literature, without other considerations," Fosse said in a statement immediately after the announcement.

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday.