About Hans Aaraas
Lived 1919 – 1998 (aged 79). Hans Aaraas was a Norwegian linguist, literary historian, translator, student, literary scholar and romanist.
Hans Aaraas (1919–1998) was a Norwegian literary researcher.
He was born in Skien. He took the mag.art. degree in 1947 and the dr.philos. degree in 1960 with a thesis on Georges Bernanos. He was a lecturer in Norwegian at Sorbonne from 1949 to 1953, lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1956 to 1961 and professor of French literature at the University of Bergen from 1961 to 1986. He was visiting faculty at the University of Washington from 1984 to 1985. He was awarded the Bastian Prize for translation in 1982.
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Who was Hans Aaraas?
Norwegian literary researcher (1919–1998)
When was Hans Aaraas born?
Hans Aaraas was born on 21 July 1919 in Skien.
When did Hans Aaraas die?
Hans Aaraas died on 20 October 1998.
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Hans Aaraas was a linguist, literary historian, translator, student, literary scholar and romanist.
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Hans Aaraas was Norwegian.
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