Knut Olav Åmås

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Knut Olav Åmås
Born	1968, January 19
Occupation	writer and editor
Nationality	Norwegian
Education	cand.philol. degree in philosophy

Knut Olav Åmås (born 19 January 1968) is a Norwegian writer and editor.

He hails from Odda. He holds a cand.philol. degree in philosophy, having taken his master's thesis on Ludwig Wittgenstein at the University of Bergen.^[1] He later took a dr.philos. degree on a thesis about Olav H. Hauge. He has worked as a journalist in Bergens Tidende, and is from 2006 debate editor (from 2008: editor of culture and debate) in Aftenposten. He was an editor in the publishing house Universitetsforlaget from 1996 to 2001, and edited the periodical Samtiden from 2001 to 2006.^[2]

Åmås is openly gay.^[3]

References

↑ Hagesæther, Pål Vegard R. (27 December 2000). "Vellykket idéhistorisk reise". Universitas (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 October 2009.
↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Knut Olav Åmås". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
↑ Slaaen, Cathrine; Melgård, Marie (13 July 2009). "Norges mektigste homofile". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 October 2009. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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Name	Aamaas, Knut Olav
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Short description	Writer; editor
Date of birth	19 January 1968
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