Ellisiv Steen

Ellisiv Andrea Steen (4 February 1908 – 27 October 2001) was a Norwegian professor and literary researcher.

Ellisiv Steen
Born	(1908-02-04)4 February 1908 Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Died	27 October 2001(2001-10-27) (aged 93)
Nationality	Norwegian
Education	University of Oslo
Occupation(s)	professor and literary researcher
Known for	board member of Norsk Film, Norwegian editor of the Swedish periodical Ord och Bild
Spouses	Sverre Steen ​ (m. 1933)​
Parents	Harald Buch (father) Camilla Collett (mother)
Relatives	Ada Polak (sister)
Awards	fellow, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Biography

She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Harald Buch (1872–1950) and Camilla Collett (1878–1973) and a sister of art historian Ada Polak. In 1933 she married professor and historian Sverre Steen.

Her master's thesis was a study of English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. She gained her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Oslo in 1948; the subject of her doctoral thesis was a treatment on the authorship of Norwegian writer Camilla Collett.^[1] She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1955, and appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1972.^[2][1]

She was a board member of Norsk Film from 1948 to 1964, and Norwegian editor of the Swedish periodical Ord och Bild from 1950 to 1959.^[2]

Selected works

• Aldous Huxley - 1935
• Diktning og virkelighet. En studie i Camilla Colletts forfatterskap - 1947
• Den lange strid. En studie i Camilla Colletts senere forfatterskap - 1954
• Kristin Lavransdatter. En kritisk studie - 1959
• Tarjei Vesaas: Is-slottet - 1964