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. 1 2 Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Else Marie Høst". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Notaker, Henry. "Gunnar Høst". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 April 2010.


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