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Vigdis Hjorth

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Vigdis Hjorth
Hjorth in 2012
Hjorth in 2012
Born (1959-07-19) 19 July 1959 (age 65)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationNovelist
LanguageNorwegian
Period1986–present
GenreLiterary fiction
Children3
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.

Life

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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.[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

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  • A House of Norway. Translated by Barslund, Charlotte. London: Norvik Press. 2017. ISBN 9781909408319.
  • Will and Testament. Translated by Barslund, Charlotte. Verso. 2019. ISBN 9781788733106.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
  • Long Live the Post Horn!. Translated by Barslund, Charlotte. Verso. 2020. ISBN 9781788733137.[12]
  • Is Mother Dead?. Translated by Barslund, Charlotte. Verso. 2022. ISBN 9781839764318.
  • If Only. Translated by Barslund, Charlotte. Verso. 2024. ISBN 9781839768880.

Selected bibliography

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Originally in Norwegian, except when otherwise noted.

  • Gjennom skogen [Through the Forest]. 1986.
  • Med hånden på hjertet [Cross My Heart]. 1989.
  • Fransk åpning [French Opening]. 1992.
  • Død sheriff [Dead Sheriff]. 1995.
  • Vigdis Jjorth; Arild Linneberg (1995). Ubehaget i kulturen [The Cultural Malaise].
  • Takk, ganske bra [Very Nicely, Thank You]. 1998.
  • En erotisk forfatters bekjennelser [An Erotic Author's Confessions]. 1999.
  • Hva er det med mor [What's Wrong with Mother]. 2000.
  • Om bare [If Only]. 2001.
  • Fordeler og ulemper ved å være til [The Pros and Cons of Being Alive]. 2005.
  • Hjulskift [Wheel Change]. 2006.
  • Tredje person entall [Third Person Singular]. 2008.
  • Snakk til meg [Talk to Me]. 2010.
  • Leve posthornet! [Long Live the Post Horn!]. 2012.
  • Et norsk hus [A Norwegian House]. 2015.
  • Arv og miljø [Will and Testament]. 2016.
  • Lærerinnens sang [The Teacher's Song]. 2018.
  • Henrik Falk. 2019.
  • Er mor død [Is Mother Dead?]. 2020.

References

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  1. ^ "Vigdis Hjorth". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  2. ^ "Hjorth, Vigdis". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  3. ^ Mina Hauge Nærland (2006-09-13). "Den offentlige hevnen". Dagbladet. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  4. ^ Pål Mathiesen (1998-10-17). "Fort Hjorth". Dagbladet. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  5. ^ "Hjorth, Vigdis". Dagbladet. Archived from the original on February 26, 2002. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Collins, Lauren. "The Norwegian Novel That Divided a Family and Captivated a Country". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Williams, Hannah. "More Norwegian Family Scandal: A Conversation with Vigdis Hjorth". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  10. ^ "Vigdis Hjorth's 'Will and Testament'". The White Review. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  11. ^ "Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth". World Literature Today. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  12. ^ "Vigdis Hjorth's 'Long Live the Post Horn!' Breathes Life into Bureaucratic Anxiety". PopMatters. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Cappelen Prize
1989 		Succeeded by


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