Hans Aaraas (1919–1998) was a Norwegian literary researcher. He was born in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...

. He took the

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degree in 1947 and the dr.philos. degree in 1960 with a thesis on

Georges Bernanos Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos (; 20 February 1888 – 5 July 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defe ...

. He was a lecturer in Norwegian at

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from 1949 to 1953, lecturer 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 ...

from 1956 to 1961 and professor of

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at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

from 1961 to 1986. He was visiting faculty at the

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from 1984 to 1985. He was awarded the

Bastian Prize The Bastian Prize ( no, Bastianprisen) is a prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into Norwegian language. The award is a statue made ...

for translation in 1982.

References

1919 births 1998 deaths People from Skien Norwegian literary historians Norwegian expatriates in France Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the University of Bergen 20th-century Norwegian translators 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-translator-stub