Jostein Gaarder

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 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.

8 August 1952

Born on the same birth date (8 August 1952): Anton Fig • Doug Melvin • Robin Quivers • Sudhakar Rao

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Angus Fraser • Bruce Matthews (American football) • Daniel House (musician) • Diddú • Don Most • Ernest Lawrence • Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) • Harel Skaat • Jerry Tarkanian • John Gustafson (musician) • Jon Turteltaub • Matteo Tafuri • Rinku Singh (baseball) • Ron Klain • Saint Dominic • Sylvia Sidney • Vladimír Darida

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