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Vigdis Hjorth. LiteratureXchange Aarhus 2021. Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She was long listed for the National Book Award in 2021. [1] Life. She grew up in Oslo, and studied philosophy, literature and political science.
Sep 30, 2019 · The country’s most flagrant transgressor of the code of plausible disclaimability is Vigdis Hjorth, whose prickly, persuasive novel “ Will and Testament ” came out in Norway in 2016, and has...
Jan 4, 2020 · Vigdis Hjorth: ‘I won’t talk about my family… I’m in enough trouble’. Tim Adams. The writer’s hard-hitting autobiographical novel sparked sensation in her native Norway and fury in her own...
Apr 4, 2023 · Vigdis Hjorth interview: ‘The relationship between mother and child is never-ending' With Is Mother Dead longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, its author talks about searching for the voice of the novel and why reading fiction in translation is a win-win experience
Dec 17, 2022 · Book of the day Fiction. This article is more than 1 year old. Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth – a daughter’s lament. The author of the controversial Will and Testament reopens old wounds in...
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Oct 21, 2022 · IS MOTHER DEAD, by Vigdis Hjorth. Translated by Charlotte Barslund. “What was I hoping for? I don’t know,” Johanna admits in “Is Mother Dead,” a harrowing and propulsive novel about the...
Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She grew up in Oslo, and has 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.
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