Jon Fosse - 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature (18 Geniuses Ignored)

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[Kjt]

Among the non-winners who should have won, I would include Joseph Conrad, who, according to Virginia Woolf, couldn’t have written badly if he’d tried. When one considers what he wrote and that he wrote in his *third* language, a language he didn’t even learn until he was in his early 20s and the language he found the most difficult, his accomplishments, imho, are staggering.

[Sachie]

Yukio Mishima for the 60s, and Kobo Abe for the 70s.

[jeffreylewis]

I'd add Pramoedya Ananta Toer from Indonesia (1925-2006). His Buru Quartet, written while he was imprisoned, is fantastic. Excellent short story writer, too.
And Fernando Pessoa from Portugal (1888-1935). The Book of Disquiet is a masterpiece.

[ashurbanipalcousin]

Jon Fosse is a very lauded author who has been gaining a lot of recognition in the US recently for his Septology. Lots of booktubers have been discussing him and he’s probably the only laureate from the past few years that I recognize—besides Bob Dylan. I almost feel like people believe Scandinavians should be barred from winning because the early years saw them getting the prize without sufficient merit, but I believe Fosse definitely has the notoriety and literary chops of a decent Laureate. More so than many in the past, at least. Norway has a very strong literary past

[alvantra]

Dino Buzzati too, his masterpiece The Tartar Steppe is so underrated and some of his short story also really good

[cheri]

1.Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian born Aug 24, 1899 in Beuen Aires, died June 14, 1986 Geneva, Switzerland. Short story writer essayist, poet, translator as well as a key figure in Spanish and international literature.
He wrote a masterpieces of literature.
I wil not name them all here. He suffered a head injury in 1938. He became came completely blind by the age of 55.
The aim of Borges was to impart to his reader of a sense of mystery to the world, a sense of skeptical reason, akin to Einstein's cosmic religious feelings. He used many things at his disposal including magic and mysterious mysticism including logic, valid. somewhat faulty. Style of writing extensive realism in short stories.
1. Borges first book was "The History of Infamy, " 1935.
Last book "The House of Sand, " 1975 with about 14 others. All are brilliant. He never won a nobel prize and yet he was one of the great writers of the 20th century.

2. Cormack McCarthy, American Author "Blood Meridian, " he wrote amazing novels, passed away last year.
3. Bushido: The Way of the Warrior, Samurai Code by Inazo Nikobe.
There are too many I love to list here.
Thank you, you for the five books you have written, I will have to get them.❤

[davidschmidt]

So thankful Borges made it on this list. Crazy he never won

[ryangayo]

Honestly, from the 1910s to 1970s, it was only Ibsen, Tolstoy, Kazantzakis, Borges and Nabokov who were nominated for the prize. The rest of the authors like Proust, Kafka, Twain, Woolf, Joyce etc, were nowhere near the Nobel prize. If only they were nominated, the possibility of them getting the prize would be big.

[davitdanelia]

László Krasznahorkai deserves Nobel Prise no doubt.

[SeanDoylePoet]

Thank you for this. I have studied the Nobel for 30 years, and taught it in the university. I have lots of thoughts that I can't summarize here in comments. I will note that Kazantzakis (my favorite author) lost to Camus by one vote. Both were brilliant and deserving.

[markus-kssf]

It's hard to express how much you're doing to popularize World Literature on you tube. Your selections are and recommendations are clearly born out of years of searching for notable authors in the history of humanity. In a landscape where Western literature reigns supreme despite said 'efforts' of decolonizing world culture, your channel- though not as big as the popular booktubers out there- is doing some great strides in that effort.

[thespringmonster]

Haruki Murakami should win a nobel prize for his captivating use of language & new upgraded use of magic realism to tell stories of reality & describing emotions hidden deep within us that we usually don’t know how to express with words

[IlIlIlIlIlIlIllIlIII]

Jon Fosse winning shouldn't come as a surprise to many, it's not a controversial pick by any means.

The most common reason for great authors not getting the prize is that they only became acknowledged after their death, and the prize (normally) isn't awarded post-humously. Another reason is that some authors didn't want the prize (Pynchon seems to be the obvious example here).

As for the Scandicentrism, the only worthwhile Swedish authors who deserved the prize are Selma Lagerlöf (who was awarded it) and Astrid Lindgren (who wasn't). It's an absolute scandal that talentless hacks like Harry Martinsson got it. It's worth mentioning that he was in the jury, but if anything his wife, Moa, was the better writer of the two. I've read every Swedish winner in Swedish, and Selma is the only one I would consider a good writer.

[BennyHansen-lj]

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 – 2008) received noble prize in literature in 1970.
Solzhenitsyn actually wrote about the murder of 60 million Russians by the communist
regime from 1920 til 1960. This is the world´s most accurate desciption of
atrocities committed by the world´s worst totalitarion regime in world history.
Nobody in the 20th century has warned people against totalitarians
like Solzhenitsyn, he books should be in every school in every country.

[niladrisarkar]

After Rabindranath Tagore, the only Nobel Laureate from Bengali Language, there are other Bengali writers who, I think, should have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
In 40s Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (India), in 60s Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay(India) (he was nominated) and in 2000s Humayun Ahmed (Bangladesh).

[davitdanelia]

Otar Chiladze deserved nobel prize no doubt. He was nominated in 96 and 99 but sadly never was awarded.

[Mintand_cinnamon]

Cormac McCarthy and milen kundera? Two of my favorites

[geraldojorgedalmaschio]

I'm brazilian. The pronounce of "Machado de Assis" and "Bras Cubas" is perfect. Congratulations.

[tobiastranetellefsen]

I'm currently a student at a creative writing school in Bergen were Fosse is one of the former teachers.

[Khatoon]

How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural channel. Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American YouTube channels. We are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well. I gathered key points about famous figure you mentioned briefly here it’s Jon fosse ( born in1959 ) he is Norwegian author, translator, playwright. In 2023 he awarded Nobel prize for literature for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to unsayable. His first novel “ red black “, was published in 1983 and his deput play “ someone is going to come “ . In 1992 his work new name sep tology v1- v11 - described as fosse magnum pus - was finalist for international booker prize in 2022. Wishing for your channel more success and progress. In the past only travel aboard or looking for books to learn new information. Nowadays YouTube channels as open universities for every one google is our library. Good luck to you your dearest ones .