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Headline: Jon Fosse wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
Caption: The 64-year-old Norwegian playwright was awarded the prize "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," NPR reports. While Fosse is not well-known to the general public outside of Norway, he is internationally celebrated within the literary community. He has been referred to as "the most produced living playwright," NPR reports. "His immense oeuvre, written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books and translations."
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