Erland Munch-Petersen
Erland Munch-Petersen was a Danish literary scholar, professor at the University of Gothenburg, and the general editor of the Guide to Nordic bibliography.Early life
Munch-Petersen was born in Copenhagen on 28 March 1930. He was the grandson of the jurist Hans Munch-Petersen. His basic education was at the Holte Gymnasium.Career
Munch-Petersen trained as a librarian from 1956. He gained his MA in general and comparative literature from the University of Copenhagen in 1962 and his PhD there in 1978 for his thesis on Romanens århundrede. Studier i den masselæste oversatte roman i Danmark 1800-1870. From 1969, he was head of the Danmarks Biblioteksskole. He was the general editor of the Guide to Nordic bibliography, published by the Nordisk Ministerrad in 1984. From 1991 to 1993 he was a professor at the University of Gothenburg.Death
Munch-Petersen died on 12 May 1997.Selected publications
- Romantisk underholdning. 1970.
- Romanens århundrede. 1978.
- Guide to Nordic bibliography. Nordisk Ministerrad, Kobenhavn, 1984. .
