Else Marie Høst, née Røysland (11 March 1908–August 1, 1996) was a Norwegian literary historian and author. Else Marie Røysland was born in

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, Norway. She was the daughter of Iver Johan Røysland (1870) and Gustava Aldén (1875-1932). In 1931 she married philologist Gunnar Høst (1900–1983), and became a daughter-in-law of Sigurd Høst. After a period of study in

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in 1930 and at the

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during 1931, she attended the

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. She took her

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degree in 1941 and dr.philos. degree in 1959 on the basis of her thesis ''Hedda Gabler. En monografi'' about Ibsen's

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. She later wrote ''Vildanden av Henrik Ibsen'' (1967), a book about Ibsen's ''

The Wild Duck ''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is considered the first modern masterpiece in the genre of tragicomedy. ''The Wild Duck'' and ''Rosmersholm'' are "often t ...

''. She also published several textbooks. In 1970 and 1971 she co-released ''Fransk lesning I'' and ''Fransk lesning II'' together with her husband.

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1908 births 1996 deaths University of Oslo alumni People from Stavanger Norwegian philologists Women philologists Norwegian literary historians Henrik Ibsen researchers 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian women writers Women literary historians Norwegian women historians Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century philologists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub