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Tore Rem

トーレ・レム

Tore Rem

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-07-23 (Norway)
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian, English
Residence History
Oslo

Career

Occupations
Professor, Author, Literary critic, Biographer
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
Det humanistiske fakultet, University of Oslo, Senter for Ibsen-studier
Memberships
Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi
Nominations
Brageprisen 2009 nonfiction (Sin egen herre), Språkprisen 2016

Education

University of Oslo
Faculty of Humanities / Department of English Literature
Degree: cand.mag.
Period: 1990年代初頭
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Norway
Obtained cand.mag.
University of Oslo
Faculty of Humanities / Department of English Literature
Degree: cand.philol.
Period: 1990年代中盤
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: Norway
Obtained cand.philol.
University of Oxford
English Literature
Degree: DPhil
Period: 1994-1998
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: United Kingdom
DPhil on Charles Dickens

Awards

Kritikerprisen
2014
Work: Knut Hamsun: Reisen til Hitler
Category: 最優秀ノンフィクション部門
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: 受賞
Kritikerprisen
2022
Work: Olav V: Ensom majestet
Category: 最優秀ノンフィクション部門
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: 受賞
Thorleif Dahls pris
2020
Work: For his overall authorship
Organization: Riksmålsforbundet
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Knut Hamsun: Reisen til Hitler

2014 Biography

Biography exploring Knut Hamsun's journey to Hitler.

NazismLiterary history

Olav V: Ensom majestet

2022 Biography

Final volume of the biography of King Olav V of Norway.

MonarchyHistory

Bibliography

  • Dickens, Melodrama, and the Parodic Imagination (2002)
  • Sin egen herre (2009)
  • Født til frihet (2010)
  • Knut Hamsun: Reisen til Hitler (2014)
  • Olav V: Den fremmede (2020)
  • Olav V: Krigeren (2021)
  • Olav V: Ensom majestet (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyDetailed biographical style
Recurring Motifs
19th-century literatureNorwegian literary history

Legacy

Prominent Norwegian literary professor and biographer known for works on Hamsun, Ibsen, and King Olav V.

Trivia

  • Participated in NRK radio podcast 'Cowboy og wikipedianer'.