Geir Kjetsaa

Geir Kjetsaa
Geir Kjetsaa
	Professor Geir Kjetsaa; photograph by Leif Ørnelund 04.08.1977
Born	2 June 1937; Oslo, Norway
Died	2 June 2008 (aged 71)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	professor in Russian literary history, and translator of Russian literature
Employer	University of Oslo
Notable work	biographies of classical Russian writers (Baratynsky, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, Chekhov)

Geir Kjetsaa (2 June 1937, in Oslo – 2 June 2008) was a Norwegian professor in Russian literary history at the University of Oslo, translator of Russian literature, and author of several biographies of classical Russian writers.[1]

Biography

He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was the son of Thorleif Kjetsaa (1907–69) and Marit Elen Hansen (1912–82). He grew up and died in Hornnes. He graduated as cand.philol. in 1963, took the dr.philos. degree in 1969, and was appointed professor in 1971. Kjetsaa was member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.[2]

A 1984 monograph by Kjetsaa and others demonstrated through statistical analyses that Mikhail Sholokhov was likely the true author of And Quiet Flows the Don - defending the famous Soviet writer against persistent allegations of plagiarizing. Among his other biographies where works on Yevgeny Baratynsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Maxim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov.

Selected writings

Jevgenij Baratynskij: Liv og diktning (thesis, 1969)
A norm for the use of poetical language in the age of Puskin: A comparative analysis (1983)
The Authorship of The Quiet Don (1984)
Fjodor Dostojevskij, et dikterliv (biography, 1985) (Fyodor Dostoyevsky: A Writer's Life)
Nikolaj Gogol: Den gåtefulle dikteren (biography, 1990)
Maksim Gorkij: En dikterskjebne (biography, 1994)
Lev Tolstoj: Den russiske jords store dikter (biography, 1999)
Tsjekhov (biography, 2004)

Awards

2000: Fritt Ord Honorary Award.[3]
2004: Anders Jahre cultural prize (Anders Jahres kulturpris) (jointly with Ingvar Ambjørnsen). [4][5]
2007: Decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.[6]

References

"Professoren, livet og dikterne" Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine – Apollon (05.01.2005) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)
Erik Egeberg (15 January 2009). "Minnetale over professor dr.philos. Geir Kjetsaa". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
"Priser – Fritt Ords Honnør" (in Norwegian). Fritt Ord. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
"Jahre-pris til Kjetsaa og Ambjørnsen" Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – NRK Kultur (30.06.2004) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)
"Ingvar Ambjørnsen, forfatter og Geir Kjetsaa, formidler av russisk litteratur". Anders Jahres kulturpris. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
"Dekorert som Kommandør av Den Kgl. St. Olavs Orden" – Fylkesmannen i Vest-Agder (21. november 2007 ) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)

Awards
Preceded by Erik Gunnes	Recipient of the Bastian Prize 1978	Succeeded by Arne Dørumsgaard

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[uio-portrait-1] "Professoren, livet og dikterne" Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine – Apollon (05.01.2005) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)

[2] Erik Egeberg (15 January 2009). "Minnetale over professor dr.philos. Geir Kjetsaa". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[3] "Priser – Fritt Ords Honnør" (in Norwegian). Fritt Ord. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

[jahre-pris-4] "Jahre-pris til Kjetsaa og Ambjørnsen" Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – NRK Kultur (30.06.2004) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)

[5] "Ingvar Ambjørnsen, forfatter og Geir Kjetsaa, formidler av russisk litteratur". Anders Jahres kulturpris. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

[st-olav-6] "Dekorert som Kommandør av Den Kgl. St. Olavs Orden" – Fylkesmannen i Vest-Agder (21. november 2007 ) (Retrieved on June 5, 2008)