The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature has gone to Norwegian writer and playwright Jon Fosse. The Swedish Academy announced its decision this Thursday to award the writer with the coveted prize.

Jon Fosse receives the award for his "for his innovative works of theater and prose, which give voice to the unspeakable," according to the Academy.

The Academy describes Fosse's style as minimalist, a characteristic that would be the author's signature, to the point of coining the term "Fosse minimalism." Those responsible for the award believe that "Fosse combines strong local ties, both linguistic and geographical, with modernist artistic techniques."

Fosse made his debut as a writer in 1983 with Raudt, svart (Red, Black), also one of his best-known works. Since then he has dedicated himself to novels, poetry, essays and theater. He has had more than 50 works published since then. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.

Fosse has already received important awards such as the French National Order of Merit, of which he is a knight. He occupies an important place in the Nordic literary community.

From a Lutheran past, he began to describe himself as an atheist as of 2012. After this, he converted to Catholicism.