Werner Söderhjelm

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Jarl Werner Söderhjelm (born July 26, 1859 in Vyborg , † January 16, 1931 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish Romance scholar , Germanist, literary scholar , linguist , medievalist , translator and diplomat .

life and work

Söderhjelm graduated from high school in Wyborg and studied at the University of Helsinki (with Carl Gustaf Estlander ), Leipzig, Vienna, Munich (with Michael Bernays ) and Paris (with Gaston Paris ). In 1886 he became a private lecturer for aesthetics and modern literature in Helsinki. He was a private lecturer in Helsinki from 1889, from 1994 to 1898 associate professor for Romance philology, from 1898 to 1908 full professor at the newly created chair for Germanic and Romance philology, after its division from 1908 to 1913 full professor exclusively for Romance philology (successor until 1929: Axel Wallensköld , 1864–1933) and from 1913 to 1919 full professor at the chair for local people and general literary history created for him.

From 1919 to 1928 he was the Finnish ambassador in Stockholm.

Söderhjelm was co-founder and 1890-1902 president of the Sociéte Néophilologique.

Werner Söderhjelm was the brother of Alma Söderhjelm .

Works

  • Johann Elias Schlegel , särskildt som lustspeldiktare, Helsinki 1884
  • De Saint Laurent. Poème anglonormand du XIIe siècle, Paris 1888
  • Anteckningar om Martial d'Auvergne och hans kärleksdomar, Helsinki 1889
  • (Ed. With Axel Wallensköld) Le Mystère de Saint Laurent publié d'après la seule édition gothique, Helsinki 1890
  • The Martin life of Péan Gatineau. Comments on sources and language, Helsinki 1891 (2nd edition udT Das Old French Martinsleben by Péan Gatineau from Tours, Helsinki 1899)
  • Germaanilaisista yes romaanilaisista kieliopinnoista. Germaniska och romaniska språkstudier. En Blick påderas historia, metoder, hjälpmedel, Helsinki 1892
  • (Ed.) Esaias Tegnér , Selected poetic works, Stuttgart 1893, Stuttgart / Berlin 1920
  • Axel Gabriel Sjöström [1794–1846], Helsinki 1895
  • (Ed.) Péan Gatineau, Life and Miracles of Saint Martin. Alf-French poem from the beginning of the 13th century, Tübingen 1896
  • Karl August Tavaststjerna . En lefnadsteckning, Helsinki 1900, 1924
  • Une Vie de Saint Quentin en vers français du Moyen Age, in: Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 1902, 1963, pp. 443-525.
  • Notes sur Antoine de La Sale et ses œuvres, Helsinki 1904
  • Johan Ludvig Runeberg . Hans liv och hans diktning, 2 vols, Helsinki 1904–1906, 1929
  • Italiensk renässans (with Torsten Söderhjelm [1878–1907, brother]), Stockholm 1907, 3rd edition 1912 (Finnish: Italian renessanssia. Kirjallisuus ja kulttuuritutkielmia, Helsinki 1926)
  • (Ed. With Arthur Långfors ) La Vie de saint Quentin par Huon Le Roi, de Cambrai, Helsinki 1909
  • Les inspirateurs des Quinze joyes de mariage, Helsinki 1909
  • Två föredrag om Goethe, Helsinki 1909
  • La nouvelle française au XVe siècle, Paris 1910, Geneva 1973 (Swedish: Studier i fransk berättarkonst 1. Novellens anor, Helsinki 1910)
  • (Ed. With Alfons Hilka ) The Disciplina Clericalis by Petrus Alfonsi (the oldest book of novels of the Middle Ages). Small edition, Heidelberg 1911
  • (Ed. With Alfons Hilka ) Petri Alfonsi "Disciplina clericalis. Latin text. French prose text. French verses, 3 vols., Helsinki 1911, 1912, 1922
  • Francesco Maria Molza . En renässanspoets lefverne och diktning, Helsinki 1911
  • (Eds.) Finlande et Finlandais, Paris 1913
  • Profiler ur finsk kulturliv, Helsinki 1913
  • Oscar Levertin . En minnesteckning, 2 vols., Stockholm 1914-1917
  • Åboromantiken och dess samband med utländska idéströmningar, Borgå 1915
  • Utklipp om böcker I-III, Helsinki 1916–1924
  • Johannes Linnankoski [1869-1913]. En finsk dictar profile, Helsinki 1918. (Johannes Linnankoski. En levnadsteckning, Helsinki 1924)
  • Scrifter, 10 vols., 1923-1925
  • Pierre de Provence et la belle Maguelone, in: Mémoires de la Société néo-philologique de Helsingfors; 7, 1924
  • Läroår i främmande countries, Helsinki 1928

literature

  • Heidi Silvennoinen, Werner Söderhjelm - pionnier de la philologie romane et de la nouvelle méthode d'enseignement des langues modern en Finlande. Analysis of the manuels de français de Söderhjelm - Tötterman, Diss.Jyväskylä 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Söderhjelm, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Söderhjelm, Jarl Werner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish Romance studies, German studies and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Vyborg
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1931
Place of death Helsinki