Editha Hörandner
Editha Hörandner (born February 12, 1939 in Korneuburg , † June 20, 2008 in Graz ) was an Austrian folklorist .
Life
The daughter of Anna Klenk and the gendarmerie officer Anton Klenk studied after graduating from high school in 1957 from autumn 1957 at the University of Vienna , initially philosophy , English and German ; Study visit to Boston (winter semester 1958/1959); after the re-establishment of the Institute for Folklore in 1963, finally switched to Folklore and English Studies. During her studies she worked as a secretary (1959) and clerk at a bank (1963–1964). After graduating as Dr. phil. on July 7, 1966 ( terminology, methods and objectives of a Viennese folklore in connection with the presentation and classification of two modernized forms of custom ). From 1966 to 1968 she worked for the Society for the Austrian Folklore Atlas . From 1968 to 1986 she was a research assistant at the Institute for Folklore of the University of Vienna (1968–1975 as a contract employee , 1975–1986 as a civil servant). In 1972 she married the Byzantinist Wolfram Hörandner (1973 birth of daughter Magdalena). In the early 1980s she was a freelancer for ORF . From 1986 until her retirement in 2007, she taught at the University of Graz as a professor of folklore.
Web links
1. Chair of Cultural Anthropology: Viktor Geramb (1949–1954) | Hanns Koren (1955–1972) | Oskar Moser (1972–1984) | Editha Hörandner (1986–2007) | Johanna Rolshoven (since 2009)
2nd Chair for European Ethnology: Katharina Eisch-Angus (since 2017)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horns, Editha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klenk, Editha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korneuburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2008 |
| Place of death | Graz |