Philip Houm
Philip Rode Houm (20 April 1911 – 22 April 1990) was a Norwegian literary critic.
Biography[]
He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He graduated with a master's degree in literature from the Royal Frederick University in 1938, Houm was a co-editor in the journal Kølen 1942-45. He worked as literary critic for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1945.[1]
He was a board member of Nationaltheatret from 1963, a member of Norwegian Language Committee (Norsk språknemnd) from 1966 to 1972, and of the Norwegian Language Council from 1972 to 1976.[2]
In 1947, he was commissioned by Aschehoug to write a closing volume to their series on Norwegian literature history. Norges litteratur fra 1914 til 1950-årene was published in 1955. Among his other books were Ask Burlefot og vi (1957) and Kritikere i en gullalder (1982).[3]
Houm died in Bærum and was buried in the churchyard of Haslum Church. He was a grandfather of Nicolai Houm.[4] [5]
References[]
- ^ "Philip Houm". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Philip Rode Houm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ^ Jor, Finn. "Philip Houm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Houm, Philip". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 259. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ Valla, Kristin (7 December 2013). "Den håpefulle". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). pp. 36–38.
- 1911 births
- 1990 deaths
- People from Oslo
- University of Oslo alumni
- Norwegian literary critics
- Norwegian literary historians
- Dagbladet people
- 20th-century Norwegian writers
- 20th-century historians
- Norwegian writer stubs