Vigdis Hjorth
Vigdis Hjorth (born July 19, 1959 in Oslo , Norway ) is a Norwegian writer .
Life
Vigdis Hjorth grew up in the Norwegian capital Oslo. In 1983 she graduated in the history of ideas, political science and literature. In the same year she made her debut as a writer with the children's book Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården . Her follow-up novel Jørgen + Anne er sant , which was translated into German under the title Tilla loves Philipp , was filmed in 2011 under the title Anne loves Philipp . In addition to German, her books have also been translated into Danish, Icelandic, Russian, Swedish and Ukrainian.
Hjorth has three children and lives in Nesøya , near Asker . She previously lived in Copenhagen , Bergen , Switzerland and France, among others . She was jailed for 30 days in 2009 after a traffic offense. She processed her experiences with the book Tredve dager i Sandefjord , published in 2011 . In Hjorth's "autofictional" novel Arv og miljø , which was published in 2016 and was awarded the Kritikerprisen and the Bokhandlerprisen in the same year , she suggested sexual abuse by her father, which led to a backlash from her younger sister, the lawyer Helga Hjorth, in 2017 in her debut novel Fri vilje, which was also issued as an autofictional, denied this.
Works
- Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården. 1983.
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Jørgen + Anne he sant. 1984.
- Tilla loves Philipp. Sauerländer, 1992, ISBN 3-7941-3484-2 .
- Råtne Rikard. 1985.
- Gyennom skogen. 1986.
- Drama with Hilde. 1987.
- På hjørnet - om kvelden. 1987.
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Med hands on review. 1989.
- Hand on heart. Verlag Sauerländer, 1991, ISBN 3-7941-3412-5 .
- Et dict til mormor. 1990.
- Tungekysset and Drømmen. 1990.
- Fransk åpning. 1992.
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Død sheriff. 1995.
- To hell with the men. Goldmann, 1997, ISBN 3-442-43750-4 .
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Uncomfortable in cultures. 1995.
- Quartet for two or the immeasurable love of literature. Langen Müller Verlag , 1999, ISBN 3-7844-2718-9 .
- Hysj. 1996.
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Takk, ganske bra. 1998.
- Three women and a death , Goldmann Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-442-44519-1 .
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En erotisk forfatters bekjennelser. 1999.
- Intimate, as it were: moral and immoral thoughts. Eiswasser, 2003, ISBN 3-924143-37-4 .
- The first went. 1999.
- Hva er det med mor? 2000.
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Om bare. 2001.
- Die Liebeskur , Goldmann Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-442-45409-3 .
- Fordeler and ulemper ved å være til. 2005.
- Hjulskift. 2007.
- Tredje person entall. 2008.
- Snakk til meg. 2010.
- Tredve dager i Sandefjord. 2011.
- Leve posthornet! 2012.
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Et norsk hus. 2014.
- A Norwegian house. Osburg Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95510-091-9 .
- Arv and miljø. 2016.
- Lærerinnens sang in 2018.
Awards
- 1983: Kulturdepartementets debutantpris for Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården
- 1984: Critic prizes for the best children's book for Jørgen + Anne er sant
- 1989: Cappelenprisen
- 2010: Gyldendal Prises
- 2012: Neshornet, Klassekampens Kulturpris
- 2012: Critic prizes for Leve posthornet!
- 2014: Amalie Skram prizes
- 2015: Aschehougprisen
- 2016: Bokhandler awards and critics awards for Arv og miljø
- 2018: Dobloug Prize
Web links
- Vigdis Hjorth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Vigdis Hjorth in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aldo Keel: A novel is also a weapon. In: NZZ . August 19, 2017, p. 21.
- ↑ Vigdis Hjorth fikk Doblougprisen , nrk.no from May 29, 2018, accessed September 1, 2019 (Norwegian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hjorth, Vigdis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |