Hans H. Skei

Hans Hanssen Skei (born 20 August 1945) is a Norwegian editor and writer.
He was born in Dønna, and graduated as dr.philos. with the treatise The novelist as short story writer : a study of William Faulkner's short stories with special emphasis on the period 1928-1932 at the University of Oslo. He has been the editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidskrift since 2002. Skei has provided a large amount of literary criticism on the works of William Faulkner, and has also translated some of his books.
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

• The Novelist as Short Story Writer. 1985. 
• Om litteraturhistorieskriving. 1992 [1983]. ISBN 82-90359-16-0. 
• Å lese litteratur. Lærebok i litterær analyse. 1992. ISBN 82-417-0138-1. 
• På litterære lekeplasser. Studier i moderne metafiksjonsdiktning. 1995. ISBN 82-00-22376-0. 
• Reading Faulkner's Best Short Stories. 1999. ISBN 1-57003-286-6. 
• Faulkner and Other Southern Writers. 2004. ISBN 82-7099-392-1. 
• Blodig alvor. Om kriminallitteraturen. 2008. ISBN 978-82-03-19431-3. 
• Den lille forfatterboka - Krim. 2009. ISBN 978-82-7022-325-1.