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Jostein Gaarder (born August 8, 1952) is a Norwegian author of novels, short stories, and children's books.

Gaarder was born in Oslo, Norway, into a pedagogical family. He studied Scandinavian languages and theology at the University of Oslo. For a while, before launching his writing career, he taught philosophy.

His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled A Novel about the History of Philosophy (ISBN 0425152251). This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are twenty-six million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone.

In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 = 77,000 €), awarded annually. It is named after the novel Sophie's World.

List of Works

• Diagnosen og andre noveller (The Diagnosis and Other Stories) (1986)
• Froskeslottet (The Frog Castle) (1988)
• Kabalmysteriet (The Solitaire Mystery) (1990) ISBN 042515999X
• Sofies verden (Sophie's World) (1991) ISBN 0425152251
• Julemysteriet (The Christmas Mystery) (1992) ISBN 0374123292
• I et speil, i en gÃ¥te (Through a Glass, Darkly) (1993) ISBN 0753806738
• Hallo? Er det noen her? (Hello? Is Anybody There?) (1996) ISBN 0374329486
• Vita Brevis (Brief Life) (also appeared in English as That Same Flower) (1996) ISBN 0753804611
• Maya (1999) ISBN 0753811464
• Sirkusdirektørens datter (The Ringmaster's Daughter) (2001)
• Appelsinpiken (The Orange Girl) (2004) ISBN 0297849042

External link

• Biography
• JosteinGaarder.net

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