Vigdis Hjorth

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Vigdis Hjorth
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Hjorth in 2023
Born (1959-07-19) 19 July 1959 (age 66)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationNovelist
Language Norwegian
Period1986–present
GenreLiterary fiction
Children3
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Vigdis Hjorth
LiteratureXchange Aarhus 2021

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] Her novel Is Mother Dead (2020), which was translated into English in 2022, was longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. Her 2023 novel Gjentakelsen will be published in English as Repetition in March 2026. [2] [3]

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Life

Hjorth 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. [4] 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 . [5]

Hjorth has mentioned Dag Solstad, Bertolt Brecht and Louis-Ferdinand Céline as important literary influences. [6] Hjorth has three children and lives in Asker. [7]

Works in English

Selected bibliography

Originally in Norwegian, except when otherwise noted.

References

  1. ↑ "Vigdis Hjorth". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  2. ↑ "Gjentakelsen". Cappelendamm (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2023. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  3. ↑ "Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth: 9781804298947 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  4. ↑ "Hjorth, Vigdis". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  5. ↑ Mina Hauge Nærland (2006-09-13). "Den offentlige hevnen". Dagbladet . Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  6. ↑ Pål Mathiesen (1998-10-17). "Fort Hjorth". Dagbladet . Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  7. ↑ "Hjorth, Vigdis". Dagbladet. Archived from the original on February 26, 2002. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  8. ↑ Rogers, Thomas (2019-10-15). "Writing From Real Life, in All Its Excruciating Detail". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  9. ↑ Collins, Lauren. "The Norwegian Novel That Divided a Family and Captivated a Country". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  10. ↑ Adams, Tim (2020-01-04). "Vigdis Hjorth: 'I won't talk about my family… I'm in enough trouble'". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  11. ↑ Williams, Hannah. "More Norwegian Family Scandal: A Conversation with Vigdis Hjorth". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  12. ↑ "Vigdis Hjorth's 'Will and Testament'". The White Review. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  13. ↑ "Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth". World Literature Today. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  14. ↑ "Vigdis Hjorth's 'Long Live the Post Horn!' Breathes Life into Bureaucratic Anxiety". PopMatters. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Cappelen Prize
1989		Succeeded by

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