Gwendolyn Leick

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Gwendolyn Leick (born February 25, 1951 in Oberaichwald , Austria ) is an Austro-British historian and ancient orientalist who has written several books and encyclopedias on ancient Mesopotamia . She currently works as a lecturer at the Chelsea College of Art and Design .

Life

She was born on February 25, 1951 in Oberaichwald, Austria as the daughter of Reginald and Herta Leick. Her father was a doctor, her mother a social worker.

Leick left Austria for Great Britain at the age of 25 . According to her own statement, she was “lured by the British Museum and cosmopolitan life in London”. She married her husband Charlemagne Konan on July 31, 2001. She has two sons: George Sebastian and Joseph Ibrahim.

Career

She obtained her doctorate in 1977 at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz. Leick chose to study Ancient Near Eastern Studies because she thought it was a "difficult, mysterious, and somewhat esoteric subject that would not lead to an ordinary career." After it turned out that she was "not particularly talented at epigraphic work", dedicated she started her career of “communicating and conveying the results of scholarship holders in Ancient Near Eastern Studies to a wider audience in order to make the subject more accessible”. To date, she has authored numerous encyclopedic dictionaries, which she believes are "the easiest, most concise, and straightforward way to access information pertaining to the historic Middle East."

She worked briefly as a culture guide. She is currently a lecturer at Chelsea College of Art and Design , London.

Athletic career

Leick began lifting weights at the age of 52 . She won three world titles. In 2017 she portrayed the filmmaker Ruth Kaaserer . The documentary "Gwendolyn" celebrated its world premiere at the DOK Leipzig festival in 2017 and was shown at the Diagonale u. a. awarded the Franz Grabner Prize .

bibliography

Despite her Austrian origins, her books are written in English, which she describes as “the most courteous, richest and ecumenical of modern languages”, which “allows so many people to find a worldwide audience regardless of their mother tongue.” Among her noteworthy Books are:

  • A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture (edited by Routledge 1988)
  • A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology (edited by Routledge 1991; second edition published 1999)
  • Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature (edited by Routledge in 1994)
  • Who's Who in the Ancient Near East (edited 1999 by Routledge)
  • Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City (published 2002 by Penguin Books )
  • Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia (published 2003 by Scarecrow Press )
  • The Babylonians: An Introduction (edited by Routledge in 2003)
  • General editor of The Babylonian World (edited 2006 by Routledge)
  • Tombs of the Great Leaders: A Contemporary Guide

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Leick, Gwendolyn 1951– . Accessed May 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ Gwendolyn Leick . Accessed May 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Gwendolyn Leick . Accessed May 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gwendolyn Leick . Accessed May 31, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Leick, Gwendolyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-British historian and ancient orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberaichwald , Austria