Nils Ivar Agøy
From Tolkien Gateway
Nils Ivar Agøy is Professor of Modern History at Telemark College in Bø i Telemark (Norway),[1] and co-founder of the Norwegian Tolkien Society. He translated The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and The Children of Húrin into Norwegian (Bokmål). He has written many articles on Tolkien and wrote Mytenes mann: J.R.R. Tolkien og hans forfatterskap (2003) and edited the volume Between Faith and Fiction: Tolkien and the Powers of His World (1998). He has also given lectures at numerous Tolkien events in recent decades.
Bibliography, selected
Books
- 1998: Between Faith and Fiction: Tolkien and the Powers of His World (editor)
- 2003: Mytenes mann: J.R.R. Tolkien og hans forfatterskap
Articles
- 2008: Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum
- "Things to remember when translating Tolkien"
References
- ↑ Nils Ivar Agøy at HiT.no (accessed 29 October 2011)