Vigdis Hjorth

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Vigdis Hjorth
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Hjorth in 2012
Born (1959-07-19) 19 July 1959 (age 65)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationNovelist
Language Norwegian
Period1986present
GenreLiterary fiction
Children3
Vigdis Hjorth
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Vigdis Hjorth
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Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist best known for English translations of Long Live the Post Horn (2012) and Will and Testament . She was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 for Will and Testament, which had been recently translated into English. [1] A few years later, in 2023, her novel Is Mother Dead (2020), which was translated in 2022, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

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Life

She grew up in Oslo, and studied philosophy, literature and political science. In 1983, she published her first novel, the children's book Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården, for which she received Norsk kulturråd's debut award. [2] Her first book for an adult audience was Drama med Hilde (1987). Om bare (2001) is considered by experts as her most important novel, and a roman à clef . [3]

Hjorth has mentioned Dag Solstad, Bertolt Brecht and Louis-Ferdinand Céline as important literary influences. [4] Hjorth has three children and lives in Asker. [5]

Works in English

Selected bibliography

Originally in Norwegian, except when otherwise noted.

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References

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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Cappelen Prize
1989
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