Geir Kjetsaa
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Geir Kjetsaa (June 2, 1937 – June 2, 2008) was a Norwegian professor in Russian literary history at the University of Oslo, translator of Russian literature, and author of several biographies of classical Russian writers.[1]
Kjetsaa was member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.
[edit] Selected writings
- Jevgenij Baratynskij: Liv og diktning (thesis, 1969)
- A norm for the use of poetical language in the age of Puskin: A comparative analysis (1983)
- The Authorship of The Quiet Don (1984)
- Fjodor Dostojevskij, et dikterliv (biography, 1985) (Fyodor Dostoyevsky: A Writer's Life)
- Nikolaj Gogol: Den gåtefulle dikteren (biography, 1990)
- Maksim Gorkij: En dikterskjebne (biography, 1994)
- Lev Tolstoj: Den russiske jords store dikter (biography, 1999)
- Tsjekhov (biography, 2004)
[edit] Awards
- 2004: Anders Jahres kulturpris.[2]
- 2007: Decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ (Norwegian) "Professoren, livet og dikterne" – Apollon (05.01.2005) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)
- ^ (Norwegian) "Jahre-pris til Kjetsaa og Ambjørnsen" – NRK Kultur (30.06.2004) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)
- ^ (Norwegian) "Dekorert som Kommandør av Den Kgl. St. Olavs Orden" – Fylkesmannen i Vest-Agder (21. november 2007 ) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)
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