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The Permanent Secretary
Press release
5 October 2023
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023
Jon Fosse
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse,
“for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.
See them all presented here.
See them all presented here.
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