Jørgen Haugan

Norwegian author and lecturer (born 1941)

Jørgen Haugan (born 1941) is a Norwegian author and lecturer. He was written a number of books, principally biographies of noted Scandinavian writers.^[1]

Haugan earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1977 from the University of Copenhagen with a thesis on Henrik Ibsen.^[2]

Haugan received the Georg Brandes award for his biography of Martin Andersen Nexø in 1999. Haugan completed his biography of Knut Hamsun in 2004. Haugan works as a lecturer in the Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. He had previously worked at the University of Trondheim.^[3] ^[4]

Selected bibliography

Henrik Ibsens metode: Den indre utvikling gjennem Ibsens dramatikk (Oslo, 1977)
Diktersfinxen - En studie i Ibsen og Ibsen-forskningen (Oslo, 1982)
400 Årsnatten - Norsk Selvforståelse Ved En Korsvei (Oslo, 1991)
Alt Er Som Bekendt Erotik - En Biografi Om Martin Andersen Nexø (Copenhagen, 1998)
Solgudens fall. Knut Hamsun, en litterær biografi (Oslo, 2004)

References

^ Jørgen Haugan (Aschehoug)
^ Dommedag og djevlepakt. Henrik Ibsens forfatterskap - fullt og helt (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS)
^ Jørgen Haugan (f. 1941) (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS)
^ Jørgen Haugan, Lektor emeritus (Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab. Københavns Universitet)