Else Høst

Else Marie Høst, née Røysland (1908–1996) was a Norwegian literary historian.

She was born in Stavanger.[1] In 1931 she married philologist Gunnar Høst (1900–1983), and became a daughter-in-law of Sigurd Høst.[2]

She took the mag.art. degree in 1941 and the dr.philos. degree in 1959 on a thesis about Hedda Gabler. She also wrote a book about The Wild Duck: Vildanden av Henrik Ibsen (1967).[1] In 1970 and 1971 she co-released Fransk lesning I and Fransk lesning II together with her husband.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Else Marie Høst" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Else_Marie_H%C3%B8st. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Notaker, Henry. "Gunnar Høst". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gunnar_H%C3%B8st/utdypning. Retrieved 25 April 2010.