Aagot Benterud (née Garnaas; 1901–1975) was a Norwegian literary historian and literary critic.[1] She was born in Tønsberg, Norway. Benterud published Henrik Wergelands religiøse utvikling ('Henrik Wergeland's religious development', 1943), Camilla Collett. En skjebne og et livsverk ('Camilla Collett. A destiny and a life's work', 1947), and Kvinnenes kamp for menneskerettighetene ('Women's fight for human rights', 1954).
She was a member of the working committee that led to the founding of the Norwegian Church Academies in 1956, an ecumenical movement intended to foster dialog between different faith and cultural backgrounds.[2][3] Benterud was a literary critic for the newspaper Vårt Land.[4]
She died in Tønsberg in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Aagot Benterud", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 12 January 2023, archived from the original on 16 April 2023, retrieved 15 July 2023
- ^ "Om oss". Norske kirkeakademier (NKA) (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ Huseby, Reidar (1986). Alt angår kirken: om kontakt, samtale og medansvar (in Norwegian). Verbum. pp. 109–110. ISBN 9788254302644.
- ^ Engelstad, Irene (1990). Norsk kvinnelitteraturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Pax. p. 171. ISBN 9788253014333. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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