Heimo Rau
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Heimo Rau (born December 30, 1912 in Breslau , † December 30, 1993 in Filderstadt ) was a German Indologist .
Life
Heimo Rau was born as the son of the town planning officer Ernst Rau and his wife Hedwig geb. Czeschka Edle von Mährental was born in Styria and grew up in Breslau . Since both parents were pupils of Rudolf Steiner , he was baptized in the emerging Wroclaw Christian community . After graduating from high school, he began training as a director at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and also studied art history, Indology, archeology and German studies at the university. After dropping his plan to become a director, he received his doctorate in 1935 on the early Buddhist stupa construction of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. This work laid the foundation for his future life. After a long study trip through the Balkans and Turkey, he became an assistant in the Indian department of the Ethnographic Museum in Berlin in 1938 .
In 1940 he married Herta Wehnert. Shortly afterwards he was called up for military service, but soon returned to Germany due to his rheumatoid arthritis. They had a total of four children: three daughters and a son, of whom one daughter and son died soon after the birth.
From 1946 to 1960 he carried out various teaching activities at the Waldorf and adult education centers in Stuttgart . This and his ongoing study trips led to the first publications of art books and travel guides.
At the end of 1960 he moved to New Delhi in India and founded the German cultural institute there , and in 1962 the branch of the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University . In addition, he became the regional representative of the Goethe Institute for South Asia .
After he and his family returned to Germany in 1966, he completed his habilitation in 1968 at Heidelberg University. In 1969 he set up the Max Müller Bhavan (Goethe) Institute in Bombay and headed it until 1973. In the further course of his life he lectured on the history of art in South and Southeast Asia at the universities of New Delhi and Heidelberg.
Fonts (selection)
- Contemporary Indian painters . Staackmann, Munich 1969, ISBN 978-3-88675-174-7
- Gandhi, Mahatma: In self-testimonies and picture documents . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970, ISBN 978-3-499-50172-2
- India: art and travel guide with regional studies . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 978-3-17-010263-7
- Nepal: Art and Travel Guide . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 978-3-17-007925-0
Audio books
- Gandhi. Read by Wolfgang Schmidt and Michael Hametner . Universal Music, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1639-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aban Bana: "Heimo Rau - a bridge builder", Das Goetheanum, August 4, 2002, No. 32–33 / 2002, p. 604
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rough, Heimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1993 |
| Place of death | Filderstadt |