Elisabeth Klecker

Elisabeth Klecker (born December 28, 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian classical philologist and neo-Latin philologist .

Life

Elisabeth Klecker attended elementary and high school in her home town of Vienna and studied classical philology at the University of Vienna . Since 1983 she has been employed at the Institute for Classical Philology, Middle and New Latin at the University of Vienna , initially as a research assistant , from 1994 as a university assistant , since 2011 as an associate professor , and continuously gives courses on ancient and modern Latin philology .

In 1994 she completed her doctorate sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae with her dissertation poetry on poetry. Homer and Virgil in Latin poems by Italian humanists and in the same year received the Appreciation Prize of the Federal Minister for Science and Research, 1995 the Figdor Prize for Linguistics and Literature Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , 1996 the Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna.

Her research interests include neo-Latin literature in the area of the Habsburg monarchy , neo-Latin epics , emblematics , baroque image-text combinations and the reception of ancient mythology .

Seal upon seal. Homer and Virgil in Latin poems by Italian humanists of the 15th and 16th centuries (= Vienna Studies . Supplement 20 / Works on Middle and Neo-Latin Philology. Volume 2). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2177-6 .

Franz Römer , Herbert Bannert , Elisabeth Klecker, Christian host (eds.): Fasti Austriae 1736. A neo-Latin poem in fifteen European languages (= Singularia Vindobonensia. Volume 5). Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 3-7069-0843-6 (short biography on p. 196).

personal data
SURNAME	Klecker, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian classical philologist, neo-Latin philologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna