Hans Günther Mukarovsky
Hans Günther Mukarovsky (born October 2, 1922 in Vienna ; † November 29, 1992 there ) was an Austrian Africanist .
Life
Mukarovsky studied African studies with ethnology and Arabic at the University of Vienna under Wilhelm Czermak from 1940 to 1948 , interrupted from 1941 by military service in the German armed forces as an interpreter and from 1944 by British prisoners of war, where he was employed by the Austrian editorial staff of the BBC .
During his studies, Mukarovsky wrote articles for the magazines Die Furche and Wort und Truth . After completing his studies, he worked for the Federal Press Service in the Federal Chancellery and subsequently became a full university professor for African Studies and founder of the Institute for African Studies at the University of Vienna.
Mukarovsky was also a poet and published poems in magazines and on ORF .
Lecturer at the University of Vienna
- 1953: Lecturer in African languages
- 1963: Habilitation
- 1977: Full Professor at the new Institute for African Studies
Publications
- The language of the Kisi in Liberia : Outline of a grammar with texts and vocabulary based on notes by Dora Earthy , Hochschulschrift, Vienna 1948.
- Africa - Past and Present: An Introduction , Herder, Vienna 1961.
- The basics of Ful and the Mauritanian , Habilschrift University of Vienna, Scientific series of the Afro-Asiatic Institute in Vienna Volume 1, 1963.
- A study of Western Nigritic , Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna, Vol. 1 and 2, 1976, 1977.
- On the verge of reality , poems, 1982.
- Leo Reinisch : Werk und Erbe , Aussatzsammlung, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7001-1149-5 .
Awards
- 1957: Theodor Körner Prize
- 1964: Cardinal Innitzer Prize
- Grand Officer of the Venezuelan Order Francisco de Miranda
- Grand Officer of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle
- Commander of the Senegalese National Order of Merit of the Lion
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland , 3rd class
- Egyptian Order of Merit , 2nd class
- Commander of the Royal Belgian Order of Leopold II.
literature
- Erwin Ebermann: Comparative African Studies , collection of articles in honor of Hans G. Mukarovsky on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Afro-Pub, Institute for African Studies, Vienna 1992.
- Erich René Sommerauer: Mukarovsky, Hans Günther. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 572 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ afrikanistik.at Erich Sommerauer: In Memoriam Hans Günther Mukarovsky, Journal for Development Policy IX / 1, 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Günther Mukarovsky in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mukarovsky, Hans Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Africanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1992 |
| Place of death | Vienna |