Jon Marius Sæland Haarberg (born 1953) is a Norwegian literary scholar, and professor of literature 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 ...
.
Career and work
Haarberg was an editor and later editor-in-chief of the publisher
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. U ...
from 1984 to 1992, when he became a research fellow 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 ...
. He later became an associate professor and was promoted to full professor of literature in 2003.
His books include ''Vinje på vrangen'' (1985), ''Parody and the Praise of Folly'' (1997), ''Verdenslitteratur: Den vestlige tradisjonen'' (2007) and ''Nei, vi elsker ikke lenger: Litteraturen og nasjonen'' (2017). As a literary researcher, Haarberg has worked in the borderland between philology and literary studies. He is also known for the historical-critical edition of
Petter Dass
Petter Pettersen Dass (c. 1647 – 17 August 1707) was a Lutheran priest and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry.
Biography
He was born at Northern Herøy (Dønna), Nordland, No ...
' ''Katekismesanger'' (Catechism Songs).
Honours
He was elected as a member 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 Unive ...
in 2009. He received the
Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize in 2012.
References
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Living people
Norwegian literary historians
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
1953 births