August Vezin
August Vezin (born January 19, 1879 in Münster , † June 24, 1963 in Ahlen ) was a German high school teacher .
Life
Vezin graduated from high school at the Josephinum in Hildesheim and studied philosophy, German, history and art history in Münster , Graz , Vienna , Heidelberg and Leipzig . In Tübingen he was with a dissertation on Eumenes Dr. phil. PhD .
After a brief activity as a scientific assistant teacher at the grammar school in Coesfeld, he became a teacher at the Reformrealgymnasium Hechingen in 1905 . He took part in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 as a war volunteer . From 1927 he worked in Siegburg and later with the title of Professor until his retirement at the Beethoven-Gymnasium Bonn .
Since his translation (terzinen with almost all female rhymes) of the Divine Comedy with explanations and a second bilingual edition in 1956, Vezin has been a recognized Dante researcher since his 1926 translation .
He was a member of the Catholic student associations VKDSt Saxonia Münster , KDStV Burgundia (Leipzig) Düsseldorf , AV Guestfalia Tübingen and KaV Norica Vienna . For the Guestfalia in Tübingen he published an extensive historical account.
Honors
- He was awarded the Iron Cross in the First World War .
- In 1956 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class.
Fonts
- Eumenes of Cardia. A contribution to the history of the Diadoch period. Aschendorff, Münster 1907. (At the same time: Diss., Phil. Fac., Tübingen 1907).
- The good news of our Lord . Herder, Freiburg 1915.
- The gospel of Jesus Christ . Herder, Freiburg 1938. (New edition of The joyful message of our Lord ; last 4th improved edition 1958).
- Dante. His world and time, his life and work. Laumann, Dülmen 1949.
- 100 years of Tübingen Guestfalia. 1859-1959. Müller, Cologne 1965.
Translations and edits
- Charles Dickens : Old Scrooge's Christmas. Aschendorff, Münster 1912. Again in 1922.
- (Arrangement): Fritz Reuter : Ut mine Stromtid. Aschendorff, Münster 1919.
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Dante Alighieri : The Divine Comedy. Translated and explained. J. Kösel & F. Pustet, Munich 1926.
- Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy. Italian and German. Herder, Freiburg, Rome 1956. Most recently in 1989.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Arcadian Tale Evangeline. Callwey, Munich 1929. Again as: Evangeline. Transferred in German blank verse. Meister, Heidelberg 1947.
- Virgil : Aeneid. Latin and German. Aschendorff, Münster 1952. Last 7th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-402-02618-2 .
literature
- Hans Rheinfelder : August Vezin 1879–1963. In: Deutsches Dante-Jahrbuch , Volume 41/42, 2014, pp. 223–229. doi: 10.1515 / dante-1964-0111
- Vezin, August , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 338-339.
Web links
- Literature by August Vezin in the catalog of the German National Library
- August Vezin in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Literature by and about August Vezin in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Entry on August Vezin in Kalliope
- Entry about Vezin, August in the index of the German biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review: Georges Radet : A. Vezin, Eumenes von Kardia: a contribution to the history of the Diadoch period, 1907 . In: Revue des études anciennes , Volume 11, 1909, No. 1, pp. 86–87.
- ↑ Hans Rheinfelder: August Vezin 1879–1963. In: Deutsches Dante-Jahrbuch , Volume 41/42, 2014, pp. 223–229.
- ↑ Complete list of CV 1961, p. 420.
- ^ Review by Friedrich Schneider in Theologische Literaturzeitung , year 76, 1951, no. 2, p. 102.
- ^ Review of Börries von Münchhausen in Dante-Jahrbuch , Volume 10, 1928, p. 205.
- ^ Review by Friedrich Schneider in Historische Zeitschrift , Volume 135, 1927, No. 2, p. 313.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vezin, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German high school teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1963 |
| Place of death | Awls |