Carlos Wiggen

Carlos Wiggen (born 15 March 1950) is a Norwegian novelist and historian of ideas.

He was born in Fredrikstad.[1] He first made his mark as a novelist; his books include Slagskipet Scharnhorst (1978), Nordsjøfakkelen (1979), Så fast en borg (1993) and Arkadia (1997), and draw upon the history of ideas.[2]

Wiggen took the mag.art. degree in philosophy at the University of Oslo in 1975. In 1998 he took delivered the doctor's thesis Kants ultimatum at the University of Bergen.[1] The next year he followed with Spørsmålet om den hellige gral. En motivhistorisk gjennomgang, earning the dr.philos. degree at the University of Oslo.[3] In 2007 he published the book Filosofi og drama.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Barbari og sivilisasjon" (in Norwegian). University of Bergen. http://www.uib.no/info/dr_grad/98/august/wiggen/wiggen.html. Retrieved 18 April 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Carlos Wiggen" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Carlos_Wiggen. Retrieved 18 April 2009. 
  3. ^ "Doktorgrader" (in Norwegian). Uniforum. 14 October 1999. http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/1999/uniforum15-99/19.html. Retrieved 18 April 2009.