Ivo de Figueiredo

Ivo de Figueiredo
de Figueiredo in 2010
Born (1966-04-30) 30 April 1966
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo (cand.philol.)
Occupations
  • Historian
  • biographer
  • literary critic
AwardsBrage Prize (2002)

Ivo de Figueiredo (born 30 April 1966) is a Norwegian historian, biographer and literary critic. He is the recipient of the Brage Prize in 2002 for his biography on Johan Hjort.

Education

De Figueiredo graduated as cand.philol. from the University of Oslo in 1994.[1]

Career

De Figueiredo was awarded the Brage Prize in 2002, for a biography of supreme court lawyer Johan Bernhard Hjort. He has written several books on playwright and theatre director Henrik Ibsen and his works.[1]

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

Personal life

De Figueiredo hails from Langesund, Norway.[1] He is of Goan descent.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ivo de Figueiredo". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  2. ^ Hobelstad, Inger Merete (15 October 2023). "Munch visste at han var et geni". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ Hoem, Knut (16 October 2023). "En dannet barbar fra Norge". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ Shekhar, Hansda Sowvendra (1 June 2019). "A Norwegian biographer writes movingly of his Goan father, who was largely a stranger to him". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 February 2025.