Heinrich von Wlislocki

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Heinrich von Wlislocki

Heinrich Adalbert von Wlislocki , Henrik Wlislocki (born July 9, 1856 in Kronstadt , † February 19, 1907 in Klosdorf near Kleinkopisch, today: Șona ) was a Transylvanian linguist and folklorist .

The son of a Polish imperial tax officer and a Transylvanian Saxon woman attended the University of Cluj from 1875 to 1879 after graduating from Honterus-Gymnasium in Kronstadt . In 1879 he did his doctorate with the writing Hapax legomena in Atlamál , which was published in the journal Acta comparationis litterarum universarum = journal for comparative literature published by his academic teachers Hugo Meltzl and Sámuel Brassai . After the death of his father he worked in poor conditions as a tutor. From 1883 to 1890 he lived in Mühlbach (Sebeş).

In his special field of interest, tsiganology , he conducted an intensive literary collecting activity as well as field studies with Transylvanian migrant gypsies. He became a member of a clan and was temporarily married to a gypsy woman. As a researcher, he developed an excellent reputation. B. Charles Godfrey Leland in 1889 described him as probably the most familiar scholar with the life and language of the Gypsies.

From 1896 to 1898 he worked on Hans Ferdinand Helmolt's world history . In his last years, from 1899 onwards, he suffered from a mental illness and lived in care with his wife, a Hungarian teacher in Klosdorf near Kleinkopisch.

Wlislocki has published numerous articles in journals, including the Hungarian Review , the Journal of Comparative Literary History , the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society , the Journal for German Philology and the Journal of the German Oriental Society . He also worked as a translator, translating Petőfi into Icelandic, János Vajda and K. Szász into German.

Fonts

Pathways of spread of the Sinti and Roma in Europe, with indication of the first mention, 1894
  • Heather blossoms. Folk songs of the Transylvanian Gypsies, Friedrich, Leipzig 1880
  • The language of the Transylvanian gypsies. Grammar, dictionary, Friedrich, Leipzig 1884
  • Fairy tales and legends of the Transylvanian Gypsies , Nicolai, Berlin 1886
  • Magic and discussion formulas of the Transylvanian and South Hungarian Gypsies (= publications of the ethnological messages from Hungary, 2) , self-published, Budapest 1887
  • On the folklore of the Transylvanian Gypsies (= collection of generally understandable scientific lectures, new series, 36 = series 2) , Richter, Hamburg 1887
  • Customs of the Transylvanian Saxons. Doctor Johannes Conrad Brunner (= collection of generally understandable scientific lectures, New Series, 63) , Hamburg 1888
  • From the life of the Transylvanian Romanians (= collection of generally understandable scientific lectures, new series, 87 = series 4) , Hamburg 1889
  • Folk poems by the Transylvanian and Southern Hungarian Gypsies , Graeser, Vienna 1890
  • From the wandering gypsy people. Pictures from the life of the Transylvanian gypsies. History, ethnology, language and poetry , Richter, Hamburg 1890
  • The Szeklers and Hungarians in Transylvania (= collection of generally understandable scientific lectures, new series, 137 = series 6) , Hamburg 1891
  • Fairy tales and legends of the Bukovina and Transylvanian Armenians , Hamburg 1891
  • Popular belief and religious custom of the Gypsies (= representations from the area of ​​non-Christian religious history, 4) , Aschendorff, Münster i. W. 1891 online
  • From the inner life of the gypsies , Felber, Berlin 1892
  • Popular belief and custom of the Transylvanian Saxons , Felber, Berlin 1893
  • From the popular life of the Magyars. Ethnological messages , Huttler, Munich 1893
  • Popular belief and religious custom of the Magyars (= representations from the area of ​​non-Christian religious history, 8) , Aschendorff, Münster i. W. 1893 online
  • On the ethnography of the Gypsies in Southeast Europe. Ttsiganological essays and letters from the period 1880–1905 (= studies on tsiganology and folklore, 12) , ed. by Joachim S. Hohmann, Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1994

literature

  • Brigitte Stephani: On the high value of folk poetry. Heinrich v. Wlislocki - a versatile explorer of Transylvanian folklore. In: Volk und Kultur (Bucharest), 33/9, Sept. 1981, p. 52 ff., 2 figs.
  • Joachim S. Hohmann : Life on the Edge of Time. The "Gypsy researcher", ethnologist and linguist Heinrich Adalbert von Wlislocki , in: Heinrich von Wlislocki: On the ethnography of the Gypsies in Southeast Europe. Ttsiganological essays and letters from the period 1880–1905 (= studies on tsiganology and folklore, 12) , ed. by Joachim S. Hohmann, Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1994, pp. 9-53.
  • Maria Sass: Heinrich von Wlislocki (1856–1907) - the Transylvanian researcher and collector of folk literary productions by the Roma , in: Transilvania (Sibiu), No. 10, 2007, pp. 35–40.

Web links

Wikisource: Heinrich von Wlislocki  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society , Vol 1 (1889), p. 106 online
  2. ↑ Dr. Heinrich Adalbert von Wlislocki
personal data
SURNAME Wlislocki, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wlislocki, Heinrich Adalbert von (full name); Wlislocki, Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian linguist and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Kronstadt
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1907
Place of death Klosdorf near Kleinkopisch, today: Șona