Jostein Gaarder

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

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August 8 - 1952 - Norwegian - Novel - Short stories - Children's books

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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.

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Oslo - Scandinavian languages - Theology - University of Oslo - Philosophy

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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.

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Sophie's World - Germany

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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.

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1997 - Sophie Prize - USD - ?

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