Liv Bliksrud (born 12 March 1945) is a Norwegian philologist. She took the cand.philol. degree in 1973 and the dr.philos. degree in 1987. She is a professor at the Department of Literature, Area Studies, and European Languages,

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. Among her literary interests are Nobel Prize laureate

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. She is a member of the

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, the

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, and the

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. She resides in Fagerborg, Oslo.

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