WRITER

Vigdis Hjorth

1959 - Today

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Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist best known for English translations of Long Live the Post Horn (2012) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vigdis Hjorth has received more than 71,916 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vigdis Hjorth is the 5,818th most popular writer (down from 5,692nd in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 473rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 72k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vigdis Hjorth ranks 5,818 out of 7,302. Before her are Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sarah Orne Jewett, Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, and Vítězslav Hálek. After her are Thomas Linacre, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Fatos Arapi, Miho Mosulishvili, Ann Bannon, and Thomas Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vigdis Hjorth ranks 371. Before her are Alexandre Guimarães, Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, John Patitucci, Naoji Ito, and Urs Meier. After her are Päivi Räsänen, Sylvia Hanika, Kathy Hilton, Daniel Goldhagen, Dave Schultz, and François Chau.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Vigdis Hjorth ranks 432 out of 1,039. Before her are Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), Michael Sars (1805), Bent Hamer (1956), Greta Nissen (1906), Tora Berger (1981), and Ernst Larsen (1926). After her are Lasse Kjus (1971), Ole Østmo (1866), Sigurd Moen (1897), Henry Johansen (1904), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Ferdinand Bie (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Vigdis Hjorth ranks 68. Before her are Inger Hagerup (1905), Vera Henriksen (1927), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Johan Falkberget (1879), Christian Lassen (1800), and Åsne Seierstad (1970). After her are Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), André Bjerke (1918), Kåre Holt (1916), Kjell Ola Dahl (1958), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), and Kim Leine (1961).

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