Introduction
Nicolay Milberg Stang (21 April 1908 – 15 July 1971) was a Norwegian academicart historian, classical philologist, editor and author.
Biography
NicolayStang was born at Kristiansandin Vest-Agder County, Norway. He was the son of Johan Ludvig Heyerdahl Stang (1874–1945) and EmilieCharlotte Milberg (1876–1965). He graduated artium from the Hamar Cathedral School in1926. He earned his cand.philol. in Latin during 1933 from the University of Oslo.
He was a lecturerin the Oslo and Tanum school systems from 1935-38.He was editorial secretary ofFritt Ord from 1936-37. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Strangwas arrested in November 1940 and spent 18 months in solitary confinement at Møllergata 19 in Oslo. Stang was released in April 1943 with a pledge to abstain from any illegal activities.
He worked in literary pursuits with his wife, Ragna, who managed the legacy of her deceased father, the art historian Jens Thiis.Starting in 1945, he contributed both as a columnist and critic with Arbeiderbladet. He also founded the literary magazine Vinduet, being its first editor 1947 – 1951. He became dr.philos. in 1957 with his dissertation on RenaissanceFlorence(Livet og kunsten i ungrenessansens Firenze).Stang received an annual government scholarship starting from 1962.
Personal life
He was married to art historian RagnaThiisStang (1909-78). They were the parents ofNina Thiis Stang (1944–78) whofor NORADand Tove Stang Dahl (1938–93) was married to historian Hans Fredrik Dahl. His wife and daughter Nina died in a car collision on a road from Nairobi to Mombasa in Kenya on 29 March 1978.
Selected works
- Italiensk renessansekunst i bilder med tekst (1944) with Ragna Stang
- Demokratisk gjenfødelse (1945)
- Tidskifte i maleri og skjønnlitteratur (1946)
- Leonardo da Vinci(1949) with Ragna Stang
- Hverdag blant italienere(1959) illustrated by Chrix Dahl
- Edvard Munch(1971) with Ragna Stang