Jon Fossewas born in 1959 on the west coast ofNorway and has written over thirty books and twenty-eight plays thathave been translatedinto over 40 languages. His first novel,Red,Black, was published in 1983, and was followed by such works as Melancholia I & II,Aliss at the Fire, and Morning and Evening, which are available in translation from Dalkey Archive Press.He is one of the world's most produced living playwrights. In 2007, Fosse became a chevalier of theOrdre national du Mriteof France, and he was awarded the International Ibsen Award in 2010. In 2011, he moved into Grotten, an honorary residence for artistson thegrounds of the RoyalPalace in Oslo. He was awarded the European Prize for Literature in 2014 and the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2015. He currently has homes in Bergen,Oslo, and inHainburg, Austria.