About Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes
Lived 1889 – 1972 (aged 82). Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes was a Norwegian literary historian, professor and editing staff.
Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes (25 October 1889 – 9 July 1972) was a Norwegian literary historian and educator.
Biography Winsnes was born in Nordre Odalen Municipality, Norway. He was the son of Frederik Vilhelm Vinsnes (1837-1920) and Agnete Helweg (1850-1918). He completed his examen artium in 1908 at Oslo Cathedral School. He became Cand.philol. from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1913 and Dr.philos. in 1920.
Selected works Den norske roman i 1870–80-aarene (1920) Det norske selskab: 1772–1812 (1924) Niels Treschow: en opdrager til menneskelighet (1927) Skillelinjer: fem artikler om samtidig tenkning (1929) Den annen front: engelske idealister (1932) Sigrid Undset: en studie i kristen realism (1949) Diktning og livssyn (1949)
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Norwegian historian (1889–1972)
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Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes was born on 25 October 1889 in Nord-Odal Municipality.
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Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes died on 9 July 1972 in Oslo.
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Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes was a literary historian, professor and editing staff.
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Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes was Norwegian.
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