Boris de Rachewiltz
Boris de Rachewiltz (born February 12, 1926 in Rome , † February 3, 1997 in Dorf Tirol ) was an Italian Egyptologist .
biography
De Rachewiltz married Mary , the daughter of the American poet Ezra Pound and the musician Olga Rudge , in 1946 , and with her subsequently acquired the Brunnenburg in South Tyrol . Their son Siegfried was born in 1947 and their daughter Patrizia in 1950 . He had a close relationship with his father-in-law. In the 1950s he was committed to the rehabilitation of Pound, isolated because of his admiration for Italian fascism . Later de Rachewiltz, who had contacts with the right-wing extremist scene , also made the Brunnenburg available to him as a place of residence.
De Rachewiltz studied from 1951 to 1955 at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and from 1955 to 1957 at the University of Cairo Egyptology. After various archaeological and ethnographic field research in the Middle East , Upper Egypt and Sudan , he taught as a professor at the Pontifical Urban University . He published numerous scientific studies in his field.
literature
- Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, Stephen J. Adams: The Ezra Pound encyclopedia . Greenwood Press, Westport 2005, ISBN 978-0-313-30448-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Neofascisti reclutavano Mercenari" , Corriere della Sera , November 23, 1994
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Rachewiltz, Boris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1997 |
| Place of death | Dorf Tirol |