Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) 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 (Repetition) was published in March 2026.