Svein Mønnesland Explained

Svein Karl Mønnesland (born 26 October 1943) is a Norwegian Slavist.

He was born in Skien. Since 1979 he teaches as a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Oslo. He is considered an expert in Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian), and has written numerous books and articles on Serbo-Croatian, Slavic linguistics, literature and cultural history. However, his approach to the South Slavic languages has been met with criticism.^{[1] [2]} He has held a variety of positions, including that of the Nordic representative of the International Committee for Eastern Europe Research and on the Board of the Institute for Comparative Cultural Research. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Works

• Serbia in the 19th century seen by foreigners. 2016. Novi Sad: Prometej.
• A town in Europe through 2,400 years: Stari Grad (Pharos) on Hvar. Sypress: 2016.
• Lær kroatisk! 2014. Oslo: Sypress.
• National Symbols in Multi-National States. 2013. Oslo: Sypress.
• Bosansko-turski rječnik. Nuhamed Hevai Uskufi. 2012. Tuzla: Općina Tuzla.
• Dalmatia through foreign eyes, 2011. Zagreb: Fidipid.
• Jezik u Bosni i Hercegovini. 2005. Sarajevo: Institut za jezik.
• Bosnisk-kroatisk-serbisk grammatikk. 2002: Sypress.
• 1001 days. Bosnia and Herzegovina in pictures and words. 2001. Oslo: Sypress.
• Land ohne Wiederkehr. Ex-Jugoslawien: Die Wurzeln des Krieges. Klagenfurt: Wieder Verlag, 1997.
• Bosnia-Hercegovina. Oslo: Sypress, 1994.
• Kosovo. Oslo: Sypress, 1994.
• Før Jugoslavia, og etter. Oslo: Sypress. 1992 (5. utg. 2006).
• Norsk-bosnisk/kroatisk/serbisk ordbok. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2001.
• Hajdemo u Jugoslaviju. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1986.

Translations

• Jugoslavisk kvartett. Oslo. Samlaget, 1968.
• Nattergal og våpengny. Oslo. Samlaget, 1971.
• Vasko Popa: Den flammende ulvinnen. Solum, 1978.
• Danilo Kiš: Et gravmæle for Boris Davidovits. Aschehoug, 1984.
• Franc Šetinc: Adam Gabrijel. Grøndahl & Søn, 1987.
• Aleksander Tišma: Bruk av mennesket. Gyldendal, 1988.
• Rezak Hukanović: Helvetets tiende port. Sypress: 1993.
• Goran Simić: Sarajevos sorg, Sypress, 1994.
• Aleksander Tišma: Kapo. Gyldendal: 1995
• Nura Bazdulj-Hubiar: Kjærligheten er en sihirbaz. Sypress: 1996.
• Aleksander Tišma: Blams bok, Gyldendal, 1999.
• Aleksander Tišma: Troskap og utroskap. Gyldendal, 2003.
• Munib Delalić: Bare storm og solnedgang tok jeg med fra Hercegovina. Andresen & Butenschøn, 2009.
• Goce Smilevski: Sigmund Freuds søster. Gyldendal, 2013.

Notes and References

1. Kordić, Snježana . Snježana Kordić . Balkanac iz Osla . A Balkanian from Oslo . sh . Književna republika . Zagreb . 4 . 9–10 . 228–236 . 2006 . 1334-1057 . 193745610 . 3432964 . . . 5 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305072214/https://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/429741.rev._art._MONNESLAND.PDF . 7 May 2022 . live. (NSK).
2. Book: Gröschel, Bernhard. Bernhard Gröschel . 2009 . de. Das Serbokroatische zwischen Linguistik und Politik: mit einer Bibliographie zum postjugoslavischen Sprachenstreit . Serbo-Croatian Between Linguistics and Politics: With a Bibliography of the Post-Yugoslav Language Dispute . Lincom Studies in Slavic Linguistics ; vol 34 . Munich . Lincom Europa . 217 . 978-3-929075-79-3 . 428012015 . 2009473660 . 15295665W . . Contents.