Jostein Gaarder
Norwegian author (born 1952)
- Fame58.5
- Momentum0.0
- Norway rank#109
Source-basedStable
- Fame58.5
- Momentum0.0
- Norway rank#109
- Writers rank#108
- Wikipedia7.1K
Born 1952 · age 74Norway
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Updated 2026-06-21
A Norwegian intellectual who wrote a novel about a teenage girl getting a philosophy course by mail — and watched it sell over 40 million copies in 60 languages.
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Born 8 August 1952, Jostein Gaarder built a career writing novels, short stories, and children's books, often from the perspective of children examining their sense of wonder. He favored metafiction, nesting stories within stories. In 1991 he published Sophie's World, a novel that would be translated into 60 languages and print over 40 million copies, making it his best known work. The approach remained consistent: write through young eyes, let the questions carry the weight.
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