Hans-Christian Günther
Hans-Christian Günther (born April 28, 1957 in Müllheim ) is a German classical philologist .
After graduating from high school, Günther studied musicology with Wolfgang Fernow (he continues to play the piano). He then went on to study philosophy , linguistics and classical philology at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau and Oxford . He received his doctorate in 1985 in Freiburg with an edition of the Euripides tragedy Iphigenie in Aulis , and from 1986 worked there as an academic councilor. His habilitation followed in 1991 , also in Freiburg. Then he was a private lecturer in Freiburg; In 1999 he was appointed adjunct professor.
Günther deals with ancient philosophy, Greek tragedy, Augustan poetry, text criticism , Byzantine philology and the translation of modern Greek poetry (including Giorgios Seferis and Dionysios Solomos ). He is head of a research project on Georgian literature funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and editor of the series "Texts and Studies on the Greek-Oriental Cultural Area".
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2009 . tape 1 . Saur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23629-7 , pp. 1334 .
- Müllheimer Stadtkurier of May 24, 2007, p. 12.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Christian Günther in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans-Christian Günther at the University of Freiburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Günther, Hans-Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muellheim |