Arild Stubhaug

Arild Stubhaug
Arild Stubhaug
Born	5 May 1948 (age 76); Naustdal, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	University of Bergen
Occupation(s)	Mathematician, poet and biographer
Spouse	Kari Bøge (m. 1979)
Awards	Brage Prize (1996); Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl (2008); Dobloug Prize (2010);

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

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

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

Brage Prize, 1996^[5]
Norsk språkpris [no], 2001^[6]
Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl, 2008^[7]
Doblougprisen 2010^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Rottem, Øystein (18 June 2024). "Kari Bøge". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Lauritsen, Vibeke (3 November 2021). "Arild Stubhaug". SNL (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ ^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.
^ Stubhaug, Av Arild. "Svar til Nilsen". Prosa (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
^ Bolstad, Erik, ed. (11 September 2024). "Norsk språkpris". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Huvenes, Fred (19 September 2024). "Thorleif Dahls pris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2024.