Jon Fosse says he would have stopped writing 40 years ago if he had listened to critics
about 2 years in The guardian
Septology author uses Nobel laureate speech to say writing ‘can save lives’ as he recalls his early poor reviewsThe Norwegian author Jon Fosse, winner of this year’s Nobel prize in literature, has said that his first books were “quite poorly reviewed” and that if he had listened to critics, he would have stopped writing 40 years ago.Fosse, whose works include the Septology series of novels, Aliss at the Fire, Melancholy and A Shining, was awarded the Nobel prize in October “for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable”. Continue reading...
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