Arild Linneberg is a Norwegian researcher of literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

, literary critic, essayist and translator.

He was born in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, and is a dr.philos. by education. He became a lecturer at the University of Bergen

University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

 in 1985, and was promoted to professor in 1992. In addition to his academic works, he has published essays as well as the satirical novel Ubehaget i kulturen together with Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth is a Norwegian novelist. She grew up in Oslo, and has studied philosophy, literature and political science. In 1983, she published her first novel, the children's book "Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården" for which she received Norsk kulturråd's debut award. Her first book for an adult...

in 1995.