Cordelia Gundolf

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Cordelia Gundolf (born November 30, 1917 in Munich - † September 10, 2008 in Benalla , Victoria , Australia ) was one of the leading linguists for Italian in Australia and an expert on Italian literature who published and translated a number of works on the subject .

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Cordelia Gundolf was the daughter of Friedrich Gundolf and the pianist Agathe Mallachow (1884–1983) and the godchild of Melchior Lechter . Gundolf's paternal grandfather was the Jewish mathematician Sigmund Gundelfinger , and her maternal grandfather was also Jewish.

Gundolf grew up multilingual. She learned English , French and Italian as a child, and later Latin , ancient Greek , Greek and Spanish were added. Her first work, the diary entries Myrtles and mice. Leaves from the Italian diary of Cordelia Gundolf was published in 1935.

After the seizure of power by the Nazis , she fled with her mother - her father had died in 1931 - on the advice of Albert Einstein's down, who was a friend of the family, first to Capri and later to Rome . In 1944 she married Fred Manor; the marriage had two daughters. After the end of the Second World War , she worked as a translator for the Allies.

Gundolf received his PhD from La Sapienza University in Rome . In her dissertation she dealt with a topic about the Germans in Naples in the 18th century.

After their marriage divorced, Gundolf applied for a position as a lecturer in Italian at the University of Melbourne in 1960 and moved to Australia with her children . Her subsequent teaching position at this university was one of the first Italian courses in Australia. She later became the head of the department.

In addition to her teaching activities, she also published scientific articles and translated books from English and German into Italian. For example The Origin of Historicism by Friedrich Meinecke and a biography about Konrad Adenauer . Her main interest was Italian literature, for which she published numerous works.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Martin: Einstein Factor Led To Parkville. smh.com.au, December 10, 2008
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of Melbourne: Gundolf, Cordelia - Woman - The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved October 19, 2019 (UK English).
  3. ↑ a b Juliet Flesch: 40 Years 40 Women: Biographies of University of Melbourne Women. The University of Melbourne Library, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Gundolf, Cordelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist for Italian
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2008
Place of death Benalla , Victoria , Australia