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Egil Kraggerud

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Egil Kraggerud

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-07-07 (Hemnes, Akershus)
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian, Latin, Ancient Greek
Residence History
Oslo

Career

Occupations
philologist, classical philologist, university professor
Active Years
1957-2002
Affiliations
University of Oslo
Memberships
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Academia Europaea
Influenced By
Leiv Amundsen

Education

Oslo Cathedral School
Degree: examen artium
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: Norway
Examen artium in 1957
University of Oslo
classical philology
Degree: dr.philos.
Period: 1957-1968
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: Norway
dr.philos. in 1968 with thesis Aeneisstudien

Awards

Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl
1992
Organization: Riksmålsforbundet
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Aeneisstudien

1968 doctoral thesis

A study of Virgil's Aeneid

VirgilAeneid

Translations by Author

  • Translations of works by Virgil, Aeschylus, Euripides, Boethius into Norwegian

Legacy

Prominent Norwegian classical philologist, professor at the University of Oslo, contributed to research and translation of Latin and Greek classics, editor of Symbolae Osloenses.

Academic Societies

  • Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
  • Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
  • Academia Europaea

Trivia

  • His son Henning Kraggerud is a notable violinist.