Erik Krag (13 January 1902 – 13 May 1987) was a Norwegian literary historian, translator, novelist and playwright. He was born in

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, a son of novelist Thomas Krag and poet Iben Nielsen. Krag is known as the founder of Slavic literary history as academic discipline in Norway. He was a professor at the

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from 1946 to 1969. His monography ''Dostojevskij'' from 1962 was translated into English in 1976, and he has also published works on

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and on Russian theatre.

Selected works

*''Ottar Wreike'' (1922) *''Leo Tolstoj'' (1937) *''En liten manns bryllup'' (1952) *''Dostojevskij'' (1962) *''Den barnløse'' (1966)

References

1902 births 1987 deaths People from Copenhagen Norwegian literary historians University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Norwegian translators 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights Norwegian male novelists {{Norway-historian-stub