About Otto Hageberg
Lived 1936 – 2014 (aged 78). Otto Hageberg was a Norwegian linguist, literary historian, biographer, literary scholar, man of letters and university teacher.
Otto Annkjell Hageberg (12 July 1936 – 24 November 2014) was a Norwegian literary historian.
He was born in Fitjar Municipality. He was hired at the University of Oslo in 1964, and was promoted to professor in 1985. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Notable releases include Frå Camilla Collett til Dag Solstad. Spenningsmønster i litterære tekstar (1980) and På spor etter meining. Essay om samtidslitteratur og om litterær tradisjon (1994), and he has biographed Olav Duun and Ragnvald Skrede. He retired as a professor in 2006.
He died in November 2014.
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Who was Otto Hageberg?
Norwegian literary historian
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Otto Hageberg was born on 12 July 1936 in Fitjar Municipality.
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Otto Hageberg died on 24 November 2014 in Oslo.
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Otto Hageberg was a linguist, literary historian, biographer, literary scholar, man of letters and university teacher.
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Otto Hageberg was Norwegian.
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