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JON FOSSE

Playwright

Jon Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently divides his time between Olso, Austria and Bergen. Jon has written novels, short stories, poetry, children’s books, essays and numerous plays. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and his plays are performed all over the world. Jon Fosse has been the recipient of numerous awards including Hedda’s Prize of Honour, the most prestigious award in Norwegian theatre and Austria’s Nestroy Prize for Best Author. In 2005 Jon Fosse was made a Commander in the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and in 2007 he was made a Knight in France’s National Order of Merit. Jon Fosse was awarded the International Ibsen Award, 2010. In 2011, Fosse was granted the Grotten, an honorary residence located on the premises of the Royal Palace in Oslo; an honour which is specially bestowed by the King of Norway for contributions to Norwegian arts and culture.

Oberon Books publishes Plays One (Someone Is Going to Come, The Name, The Guitar Man, The Child), Plays Two (A Summer’s Day, Dream of Autumn and Winter), Plays Three (Mother and Child, Sleep my Baby Sleep, Afternoon, Beautiful, Death Variations), Plays Four (And We’ll Never Be Parted, The Son, Visits, Meanwhile the Lights Go Down and Everything Becomes Black), Plays Five (Suzannah, Living Secretly, The Dead Dogs, A Red Butterfly’s Wing, Warm, Telemakos, Sleep), Nightsongs, The Girl on the Sofa and I Am The Wind.

Plays Six (Rambuku, Freedom, Over There, These Eyes, Girl in Yellow Raincoat, Christmas Tree Song and Sea) will be published in May 2014.