Jon Fosse has received great international recognition for his works. His plays have been translated into over 40 languages and are regularly performed on stages around the world – in over 80 countries to date. Malmö Theatre Academy, part of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University, has often used Fosse’s work in its courses and programmes. Students usually read and work with Fosse’s texts and they have also staged degree project productions of his plays.
“I am incredibly proud and happy that Jon Fosse has agreed to become an honorary doctor at our faculty. He is a great writer and a role model for so many in the theatre world,” says Santino S Resic, dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts in Malmö.
From the formal commendation to grant Jon Fosse an honorary doctorate:
“Through his unique expertise in dramatic writing, Fosse has been an important inspiration in the development of the playwriting programme at the Theatre Academy in Malmö. Few are as good as him at portraying people’s existential struggle in the world, or for that matter people’s fears and the search for hope.”
Jon Fosse will receive his doctoral hat and diploma in connection with the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony in Lund on May 23, 2025.