Ellisiv Steen

Ellisiv Andrea Steen (4 February 1908 – 27 October 2001) was a Norwegian professor and literary researcher.

Biography

She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Harald Buch (1872–1950) and Camilla Collett (1878–1973) and a sister of art historian Ada Polak. In 1933 she married professor and historian Sverre Steen.

Her master's thesis was a study of English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. She gained her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Oslo in 1948; the subject of her doctoral thesis was a treatment on the authorship of Norwegian writer Camilla Collett. She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1955, and appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1972.

She was a board member of Norsk Film from 1948 to 1964, and Norwegian editor of the Swedish periodical Ord och Bild from 1950 to 1959.

Selected works

• Aldous Huxley - 1935
• Diktning og virkelighet. En studie i Camilla Colletts forfatterskap - 1947
• Den lange strid. En studie i Camilla Colletts senere forfatterskap - 1954
• Kristin Lavransdatter. En kritisk studie - 1959
• Tarjei Vesaas: Is-slottet - 1964

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