Vigdis Hjorth Explained

Vigdis Hjorth
Birth Date:19 July 1959
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Genre:Literary fiction
Period:1986 - present
Children:3
Occupation:Novelist
Language:Norwegian

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

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.

External links

See also: Will and Testament (novel).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vigdis Hjorth. 2020-09-21. National Book Foundation. en-US.
  2. Web site: Hjorth, Vigdis. 2020-09-21. Nordic Women's Literature. en-GB.
  3. News: Den offentlige hevnen. Dagbladet. Mina Hauge Nærland. 2006-09-13. 2008-02-23.
  4. News: Fort Hjorth. Dagbladet. Pål Mathiesen. 1998-10-17. 2008-02-23.
  5. News: Hjorth, Vigdis . . 2008-02-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020226015900/http://www.dagbladet.no/kontekst/3917.html . February 26, 2002 .
  6. News: Rogers . Thomas . 2019-10-15 . Writing From Real Life, in All Its Excruciating Detail . en-US . The New York Times . 2020-09-21 . 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: Collins . Lauren . The Norwegian Novel That Divided a Family and Captivated a Country . 2020-09-21 . The New Yorker . en-us.
  8. News: Adams . Tim . 2020-01-04 . Vigdis Hjorth: ‘I won’t talk about my family… I’m in enough trouble’ . en-GB . The Observer . 2020-09-21 . 0029-7712.
  9. Web site: Williams . Hannah . More Norwegian Family Scandal: A Conversation with Vigdis Hjorth . 2020-09-21 . Los Angeles Review of Books.
  10. Web site: Vigdis Hjorth’s ‘Will and Testament’ . 2020-09-21 . The White Review . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2020-03-12 . Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth . 2020-09-21 . World Literature Today . en.
  12. Web site: 2020-09-15 . Vigdis Hjorth's 'Long Live the Post Horn!' Breathes Life into Bureaucratic Anxiety . 2020-09-21 . PopMatters . en.

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