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Vigdis Hjorth

Norwegian author · Norway · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67

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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.

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2018Dobloug PrizeAward2015Aschehoug PrizeAward2014Amalie Skram AwardAwardBrage Prize honorary awardAward2012NeshornprisenAward2010Gyldendal PrizeAward1989Cappelen PrizeAward1959Born19 July 1959

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Awards

Dobloug Prize2018
Aschehoug Prize2015
Amalie Skram Award2014
Brage Prize honorary award2014
Neshornprisen2012
Gyldendal Prize2010
Cappelen Prize1989

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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.

Country
Norway
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1959 · age 67

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