Ivo de Figueiredo

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Ivo de Figueiredo (September 2010)

Ivo Bjarne de Figueiredo (born April 30, 1966 in Langesund ) is a Norwegian historian and biographer.

life and work

Figueiredo's father was born in Zanzibar , but his parents were from Goa . He settled in Norway in the early 1960s.

After his philosophical exam, Figueiredo studied religion, history and Nordic literature at the University of Oslo . In 1994 he completed a master's degree in history with a dissertation on the Nazi party Nasjonal Samling .

His debut was Fredrikstad bys historie VI. Mot et nytt årtusen (1999), the sixth volume in the series on the history of the Norwegian city of Fredrikstad . For the biography Fri mann about Johan Bernhard Hjort he received the Norwegian literature prize Brageprisen . In 2002 he wrote a book about fascism in Norway together with Hans Olaf Brevig . Between 2001 and 2003 he wrote three articles for the biographical encyclopedia Norsk biografisk leksikon .

In 2006 he published the first volume of a biography on Henrik Ibsen . In the same year he wrote another book on Ibsen aimed at young people. In 2007 the second volume of Ibsen's biography appeared. The biography received good reviews. A book about Henrik Wergeland , which was also intended for young people, was published in 2008. For this book, Figueiredo received the textbook award for children's and young people's literature from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Spirituality.

Works

  • Mysteriet Ingeborg Køber , Oslo 2010
  • Støv. En bok om Henrik Wergeland , Oslo 2008
  • Henrik Ibsen. Masks , Oslo 2007
  • Slipp meg. En bok om Henrik Ibsen , Oslo 2006
  • Henrik Ibsen. Mennesket , Oslo 2006
  • with Hans Olaf Brevig: Den norske fascismen. Nasjonal Samling 1933-1940 , Oslo 2002
  • Fri man. Johan Bernhard Hjort. En thenelseshistorie , Oslo 2002
  • Fredrikstad bys historie VI. Mot et nytt årtusen , Fredrikstad 1999
  • En Fremdmed ved mitt bord (Family Fortelling) ISBN 9788203361364

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ -Jeg stengte pappa ute , Aftenposten . October 8, 2016, pp. 4–5. 
  2. ↑ a b c CV (English) on Figueiredo's homepage
  3. ↑ Entry ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Verlag Aschehoug .  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aschehoug.no
  4. ↑ Entry in Store Norske Leksikon
personal data
SURNAME Figueiredo, Ivo de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Figueiredo, Ivo Bjarne de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian historian and biographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Langesund