Heiko Uecker
Heiko Uecker (born September 5, 1939 in Nuremberg ; † May 30, 2019 in Bonn ) was a German Scandinavian . From 1982 to 2004 he was Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Bonn , most recently as Head of the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the German Department there.
Life
Uecker grew up in Nuremberg. After graduating from the New Gymnasium in Nuremberg , he studied Nordic and German Philology at the Universities of Munich and Oslo . In 1966 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the topic of the Old Norse burial customs in literary tradition , and in 1977 he completed his habilitation. In the same year he was visiting professor at the University of Chicago .
Uecker became known for his work on older and newer Scandinavian literature. He was particularly interested in the Norwegian writers Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun . He and his wife Kari Uecker, who worked for many years as a lecturer for Norwegian in Germany , have made a contribution to the German-Norwegian reconciliation and rapprochement. The Willy Brandt Prize awarded for achievements in this area and the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit testify to this . Uecker received both in 2004.
Uecker was the only German member of the international commission evaluating Scandinavian studies in Norway . From 1982 to 1988 and again from 2006 to spring 2010 he was first chairman of the German-Norwegian Society, which was founded in 1982 and is based in Bonn. Later he was a member of their advisory board and also worked for the members' magazine "dialog". Since his retirement, Uecker lived alternately in Bonn and Oslo .
He is the father of the actor Georg Uecker .
Publications
- History of Old Norse Literature . Stuttgart: Reclam 2004. ISBN 3-15-017647-6 .
- (with Joachim Trinkwitz): The classics of Scandinavian literature. The great authors from the 18th century to the present day . Essen: Meysenburg 2002. ISBN 3-930508-12-5 . (Revised new edition of the Düsseldorf edition: Econ 1990.)
- Germanic heroic legend . Stuttgart: Metzler 1972 (= Metzler Collection, Vol. 106).
As editor
- The Nordic Hamlet . Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang 2005 (= texts and studies on German and Scandinavian studies, vol. 56). ISBN 3-631-53232-6 .
- News about Knut Hamsun . Frankfurt am Main et al: Peter Lang 2002 (= texts and studies on German and Scandinavian studies, vol. 51). ISBN 3-631-39020-3 .
- German-Norwegian contrasts. Reflections on the history of European mentalities . Baden-Baden: Nomos 2001. ISBN 3-7890-7371-7 .
- The future of Nordic cooperation. Bonn ambassador lectures . Bonn: Bouvier 1998.
- Fragments of a Scandinavian poetic story . Frankfurt am Main and others: Peter Lang 1997 (= texts and studies on German and Scandinavian studies, vol. 39).
- Studies on Old Germanic. Festschrift for Heinrich Beck . Berlin and New York: de Gruyter 1994.
- On old and new paths. A documentation on Hamsun research . 2 volumes. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 1983.
- The Viennese Psalter. Cod. Vind. 2713 . Copenhagen: Reitzel 1980 (= Editiones Arnamagnaeanae, Series B, Vol. 27).
As translator
- Henrich Steffens: Introduction to philosophical thinking . Translated and provided with a preliminary remark by Heiko Uecker. Frankfurt am Main et al: Peter Lang 2012, ISBN 978-3-631-63950-4
Festschrift
- Karin Hoff (Ed.): Poetics and Memory. Festschrift for Heiko Uecker on his 65th birthday . Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang 2004 (= contributions to Scandinavian studies, vol. 17). In it, the biographical contribution by Eckart Roloff : “Heiko Uecker - A trailblazer for understanding”, pp. 15–22. ISBN 3-631-52167-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Heiko Uecker in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uecker, Heiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Scandinavian and Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2019 |
| Place of death | Bonn |