Arild Stubhaug

Arild Stubhaug
Born	(1948-05-05) 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)​ [1]
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

1. Rottem, Øystein (18 June 2024). "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. 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. "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
6. Bolstad, Erik, ed. (11 September 2024). "Norsk språkpris". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
7. Huvenes, Fred (19 September 2024). "Thorleif Dahls pris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2024.