Atle Kittang
Norwegian literary researcher
About Atle Kittang
Lived 1941 – 2013 (aged 72). Atle Kittang was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and literary scholar.
Atle Kittang (20 March 1941 – 1 June 2013) was a Norwegian literary researcher and literary critic.
His doctorate thesis from 1973 was a study on the French poet Arthur Rimbaud. He was professor at the University of Bergen, since 1974. His research included studies on works by Knut Hamsun and Henrik Ibsen. Among his books are Litteraturkritiske problem (1975) and Moderne litteraturteori – en innføring (1993). He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
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Norwegian literary researcher
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Atle Kittang was born on 20 March 1941.
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Atle Kittang died on 1 June 2013.
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Atle Kittang was a literary historian, literary critic and literary scholar.
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Atle Kittang was Norwegian.
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