Vigdis Hjorth


Vigdis Hjorth is a Norwegian novelist best known for English translations of Long [Live the Post Horn!|Long Live the Post Horn] 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. Her novel Is Mother Dead, 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''.''

Life

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. Her first book for an adult audience was Drama med Hilde. Om bare is considered by experts as her most important novel, and a roman à clef.
Hjorth has mentioned Dag Solstad, Bertolt Brecht and Louis-Ferdinand Céline as important literary influences. Hjorth has three children and lives in Asker.

Works in English

  • Repetition. Translated by Barslund, Charlotte. Verso. 2024..

    Selected bibliography

Originally in Norwegian, except when otherwise noted.
  • Gjentakelsen . 2023.