Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) is one of Norway’s most prominent and fearless contemporary writers, with a substantial body of award-winning books for children, young adults, and adults. She is known, among other things, for revisiting the same motifs or scenes across several of her novels, allowing her to approach a subject from different perspectives. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Honorary Brage Prize in 2014 and the Dobloug Prize in 2018. For the novel Will and Testament (Arv og miljø), she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.