Nora Simonhjell

Nora Simonhjell (born 26 July 1970) is a Norwegian literary scholar, author and poet. She is a full professor of Norwegian literature at the University of Agder.

Career She earned her cand.philol. degree in literature at the University of Bergen in 1996 and her PhD at the University of Agder in 2010. She was a research fellow at the University of Agder from 2005 to 2008, and then an associate professor at the Scandinavian Studies department at Aarhus University. She is now a full professor of Norwegian literature at the University of Agder.

She has published two collections of poetry. Her first poetry collection, titled Slaktarmøte, was published by Tiden Norsk Forlag in 1999. In 2001 her second poetry collection, titled Kvassare, was published by Tiden.

Selected bibliography Slaktarmøte, poetry, Tiden Norsk Forlag (1999) Kvassare, poetry, Tiden Norsk Forlag (2001) Norsk litterær årbok, Det Norske Samlaget (2017)