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Arild Stubhaug

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Arild Stubhaug
Born (1948-05-05) 5 May 1948 (age 76)
Naustdal, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Bergen
Occupation(s)Mathematician, poet and biographer
Spouse
(m. 1979)
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Awards

Arild Stubhaug (born 25 May 1948) is a Norwegian biographer and poet.[2] He has won several literary awards for his biographies of Norwegian mathematicians.

Early life and education

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Stubhaug was born in Naustdal on 25 May 1948,[3] a son educator Lidvald Stubhaug and nurse Borghild Daltveit.[1] He received a cand.mag degree from the University of Bergen with the subjects mathematics, literature and religion.[3][4]

Literary career

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Stubhaug made his literary debut in 1970 with the poetry collection Utkantane. Further poetry collections are Du ber vatn i hendene from 1973, Eld i sol from 1988, and Lemmata from 2008.[3]

He has written biographies of the mathematicians Sophus Lie, Niels Henrik Abel and Gösta Mittag-Leffler[3], Jacob Aall, Conrad Nicolai Schwach [no], and Stein Rokkan.[3] He received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the biography Et foranskutt lyn. Niels Henrik Abel og hans tid,[5] translated into English under the title Niels Henrik Abel and his Times: Called Too Soon by Flames Afar,

He followed up with the 250-year history of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (2010) and biographies of Jacob Aall (2014) and the social scientist Stein Rokkan (2019).[3]

Stubhaug is married to Kari Bøge.[1]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Rottem, Øystein. "Kari Bøge". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ Lauritsen, Vibeke (3 November 2021). "Arild Stubhaug". SNL (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Arild Stubhaug". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. ^ Stubhaug, Av Arild. "Svar til Nilsen". Prosa (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  6. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Norsk språkpris". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  7. ^ Huvenes, Fred. "Thorleif Dahls pris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2024.