Erland Munch-Petersen (28 March 1930 – 12 May 1997) was a Danish literary scholar and professor at the University of Gothenburg. He was the general editor of the '' Guide to Nordic bibliography''.

Biography

Munch-Petersen was born in

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, Denmark . He was the grandson of scholar and jurist Erland Munch-Petersen (1869-1934). His basic education was at the Holte Gymnasium. Munch-Petersen trained as a librarian from 1956. He gained his M.A. in general and

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from the

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in 1962 and his Ph.D. in 1978 for his thesis on ''Romanens århundrede. Studier i den masselæste oversatte roman i Danmark 1800-1870''. From 1969, he was head of the

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(now the Royal School of Library and Information Science). He was the general editor of the '' Guide to Nordic bibliography'', published by the Nordisk Ministerrad in 1984. From 1991 to 1993 he was a professor at the

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Selected publications

*''Romantisk underholdning''. 1970. *''Romanens århundrede''. 1978. *''Guide to Nordic bibliography''. Nordisk Ministerrad, Kobenhavn, 1984. (Editor) .

References

1930 births 1997 deaths Academics from Copenhagen Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Bibliographers Danish literary historians University of Copenhagen alumni Danish librarians {{Denmark-academic-bio-stub