Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Booker Prize | 2022 | Shortlist |
About This Book
The concluding volumes of Jon Fosse's seven-part Septology, following an elderly Norwegian painter in his final days. Written in a luminous, hypnotic stream of consciousness. Shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.
About the Author
Jon FosseNorwegian
Jon Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright born on September 29, 1959, in Haugesund, Norway. Raised by a family of Quakers and Pietists, he studied comparative literature at the University of Bergen and debuted with the novel Raudt, svart (Red, Black) in 1983. His oeuvre spans over seventy novels, poems, essays, children's books, and plays, primarily written in Nynorsk and translated into over fifty languages. Read more →
