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Gaarder, Jostein 1952-

PERSONAL: Born 1952, in Oslo, Norway; married Siri Dannevig; children: two sons.

ADDRESSES: Home—Oslo, Norway. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Farrar, Straus, 19 Union Square W., New York, NY 10001.

CAREER: Writer. Worked as a high school teacher of philosophy in Norway for eleven years.

AWARDS, HONORS: Norwegian Literary Critics' Award, and Norwegian Ministry of Cultural and Scientific Affairs' Literary Prize, both 1990, both for The Solitaire Mystery; Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy was ranked number one in the world by Publishing Trends 1995 in their International Fiction Bestseller List.

WRITINGS:

Froskeslottet, illustrations by Torill Maro Henrichsen, Aschenhoug (Oslo, Norway), 1988.

Kabalmysteriet, Aschenhoug (Oslo, Norway), 1990.

Sofies verden: Roman om filosofiens historie, Aschenhoug (Oslo, Norway), 1991, translation by Paulette Moller published as Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1994.

Julemysteriet, Aschehoug (Oslo, Norway), 1992.

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Jostein Gaarder

Norwegian author (born 1952)

Jostein Gaarder (Norwegian:[ˈjùːstæɪnˈɡòːɖər]; born 8 August 1952) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often utilizes metafiction in his works and constructs stories within stories. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (1991). It has been translated into 60 languages; there are over 40 million copies in print.

Early life

Gaarder was born and raised in Oslo. His father was a school headmaster and his mother, Inger Margrethe Gaarder, was a teacher and author of children's books.

Gaarder married Siri Dannevig in Oslo in 1974. They moved to Bergen, Norway in 1979 and had two sons.^[1]

Gaarder attended Oslo Cathedral School and the University of Oslo, where he studied Scandinavian languages and theology. After graduation in 1976, he was a high school teacher in Bergen, Norway, prior to his

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