Vigdis Hjorth
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.Wikipedia →
Works
Om bare
If Only
Norwegian · 2001Novel
1 translation
Leve posthornet!
Long Live the Post Horn!
Norwegian · 2012Novel
1 translation
Et norsk hus
A House in Norway
Norwegian · 2015Novel
1 translation
Arv og miljø
Will and Testament
Norwegian · 2016Novel
1 translation
Er mor død
Is Mother Dead?
Norwegian · 2020Novel
1 translation
Gjentakelsen
Repetition
Norwegian · 2023Novel
1 translation