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Vigdis Hjorth

Norwegian author

  • Fame52.2
  • Momentum10.0
  • Wikipedia2.1K
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Born 1959 · age 67Norway
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  • Age
    67
    Born 1959
  • Known for
    Tørst - Framtidens for…
    1999
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Updated 2026-06-22

Vigdis Hjorth is a Norwegian novelist whose Long Live the Post Horn (2012) and Will and Testament are the most widely known among English readers. She was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 for Will and Testament, which had been recently translated into English. 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.

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Momentum10.0
Historical15.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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