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Jostein Gaarder
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Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian author born in 1952 who is best known for writing fiction that explores philosophical ideas in an accessible way. His works, particularly novels aimed at both young readers and adults, have made him one of the most widely read contemporary Norwegian writers internationally.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952
- Works
- 253
Top works
- Sofies verden
- Maya
- Diagnosen
- Sophie's World (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Anna
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Film & TV
Writing · Oslo, Norway
Known for
- Volle Kanne — Self1999
- Markus and Diana — Self1996
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1952
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,469
- Total plays
- 36,443
(1952- ) Jostein Gaarder 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 uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories. His more famous books include Sophie's World and The Solitaire Mystery. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jostein+Gaarder">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,481x
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 2,988x
- Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women
· 2016 · cited 2,110x
- Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2024 · cited 1,791x
- Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants
· 2017 · cited 1,758x
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- Jostein Gaarder
- date of birth
- 1952-08-08
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
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- Jostein Gaarder
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Jostein Gaarder ( Norwegian: [ˈjùːstæɪn ˈɡòːɖər]; 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 (1991). It has been translated into 60 languages; there are over 40 million copies in print.
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