Fritz Güttinger
Fritz Güttinger (born January 30, 1907 in Zurich ; † May 21, 1992 there ) was a Swiss translator , educator and literary scholar .
Life
Fritz Güttinger was born on January 30, 1907 in Zurich to the secondary school teacher Johann Friedrich Güttinger and Emma, née Duttweiler. Güttinger studied German and English at the University of Zurich , where he received his doctorate in 1938 . As a result, he taught English at the Cantonal School in Winterthur from 1946 to 1975 . He was also a literary critic for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , the Bund and Der Tat . He emerged as a translator of English-language classics, especially Boswells and Melvilles . He was also instrumental in the analysis of the silent film and was close friends with Thornton Wilder .
Fritz Güttinger married Elsbeth Charlotte, née Mahler, in 1960. He died at the age of 85 on May 21, 1992 in his native Zurich.
Act
Fritz Güttinger published the first complete German edition of Moby Dick in 1944 . As a film collector and historian, he was particularly interested in silent film as a sensual experience and aesthetic phenomenon. His linguistic approach to film caught on in Switzerland and Germany.
In 1969 Fritz Güttinger was awarded the Max Geilinger Foundation Prize for all of his translations of English-language literature.
Works (selection)
- The romantic comedy and the German comedy , Huber, Frauenfeld et al. 1939 (= Paths to Poetry. Volume 34, ZDB -ID 525072-9 , also dissertation at the University of Zurich DNB 580049450 ).
- Target language. Translation theory and technique. Manesse, Zurich 1963 ( DNB 451726081 ).
- A stable full of hobby horses. About American and English literature, not entirely without a film. Manesse, Zurich 1966 ( DNB 456840958 ).
- The silent film in the quote of time. German Filmmuseum , Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-88799-005-6 .
- Decapitate an egg in slow motion! Forays into the world of silent films. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-85823-373-0 .
literature
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung , June 5, 1992.
- Kintop. Vol. 1, 1992, ISSN 1024-1906 , pp. 100-102.
Web links
- Roland Cosandey: Güttinger, Fritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Fritz Güttinger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Güttinger, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss translator, educator and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1992 |
| Place of death | Zurich |