Jorunn Hareide (born 15 September 1940) is a Norwegian historian of literature. She 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 Norsj ...

. She took her dr.philos. degree in 1980 and became professor at the

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in 1983. In 1993 she moved to the

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. She is a member of the

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and the

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Selected bibliography

This is a list of her most notable works: *''Høyt på en vinget hest. En studie i drømmer og syner i Aksel Sandemoses forfatterskap'' (1976) *''Protest, desillusjonering, resignasjon'' (1982) *''Norsk kvinnelitteraturhistorie'' (co-editor, three volumes, 1988-1990) *''Diktning som skjebne: Aksel Sandemose'' (1999) *''Tendensar i norsk dramatikk'' (co-editor, 2004)

References

1940 births Living people Norwegian literary historians Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters People from Skien Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{Norway-historian-stub