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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 uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within stories.Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled A Novel about the History of Philosophy. This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty 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.http://us.macmillan.com/author/jostei…
years of life: 8 August 1952 present

Quotes

Zain Rasoolhas quoted4 months ago
When forced to choose between relying either on his senses or his reason, he chose reason
Zain Rasoolhas quoted4 months ago
cannot step twice into the same river.
Zain Rasoolhas quoted4 months ago
“The opinions of most people,” he said, “are like the playthings of infants.”
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