Ellisiv Andrea Steen (4 February 1908 – 27 October 2001) was a Norwegian professor and literary researcher.

Biography

She was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

(now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Harald Buch (1872–1950) and Camilla Collett (1878–1973) and a sister of art historian

Ada Polak Ada Buch Polak (19 September 1914 – 25 October 2010) was a Norwegian art historian. Biography Andrea Buch was born in Ljan, Norway. Her father was the engineer Harald Buch (1872–1950) and her mother was the teacher Camilla Collett (1878–197 ...

. In 1933 she married professor and historian

Sverre Steen Sverre Steen (1 August 1898 – 23 June 1983) was a Norwegian historian and professor at the University of Oslo from 1938 to 1965. He served as president of the Norwegian Historical Association from 1936 to 1947 Biography Steen was born in ...

. Her master's thesis was a study of English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. She gained her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1948; the subject of her doctoral thesis was a treatment on the authorship of Norwegian writer

Camilla Collett Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland; 23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as bein ...

. She was a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

from 1955, and appointed professor at the

in 1972. She was a board member of

Norsk Film Norsk Film was a Norwegian film production company established in 1932 and disestablished in 2001. It was located in Bærum, with studio facilities at Jar A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container, typically made of glass, ce ...

from 1948 to 1964, and Norwegian editor of the Swedish periodical ''Ord och Bild'' from 1950 to 1959.

Selected works

*''Aldous Huxley'' - 1935 *''Diktning og virkelighet. En studie i Camilla Colletts forfatterskap'' - 1947 *''Den lange strid. En studie i Camilla Colletts senere forfatterskap'' - 1954 *''Kristin Lavransdatter. En kritisk studie'' - 1959 *''Tarjei Vesaas: Is-slottet'' - 1964

References

1908 births 2001 deaths University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian literary historians Norwegian biographers Norwegian magazine editors Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 20th-century biographers {{norway-academic-bio-stub