Philip Houm

Philip Houm
Born(1911-04-20)20 April 1911
Kristiania, Norway
Died22 April 1990(1990-04-22) (aged 79)
Bærum
OccupationLiterary critic


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.

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.

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).

Houm died in Bærum and was buried in the churchyard of Haslum Church. He was a grandfather of Nicolai Houm.

References

  1. ↑ "Philip Houm". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Jor, Finn. "Philip Houm". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Jor, Finn (2001). "Houm, Philip". In Arntzen, Jon Gunnar (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 400–401. ISBN 82-573-1006-9.
  4. ↑ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Houm, Philip". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 259. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Valla, Kristin (7 December 2013). "Den håpefulle". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). pp. 36–38.