Ivo de Figueiredo

Norwegian historian and biographer (born 1966)

Ivo de Figueiredo
de Figueiredo in 2010
Born	(1966-04-30) 30 April 1966 (age 58)
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Occupation(s)	Historian, biographer and literary critic
Awards	Brage Prize (2002)

Ivo de Figueiredo (born 30 April 1966) is a Norwegian historian, biographer and literary critic.

Career

Figueiredo was awarded the Brage Prize in 2002, for a biography of Johan Bernhard Hjort. He has written several books on Henrik Ibsen and his works.^[1]

In 2023 he published the book Stormen I, the first volume of a biography of the painter Edvard Munch.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Figueiredo hails from Langesund, and graduated as cand.philol. from the University of Oslo in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ivo de Figueiredo". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
^ Hobelstad, Inger Merete (15 October 2023). "Munch visste at han var et geni". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Hoem, Knut (16 October 2023). "En dannet barbar fra Norge". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.