Heinz Schuster-Šewc
Heinz Schuster-Šewc ( Upper Sorbian Hinc Šewc ; born February 8, 1927 in Purschwitz , Amtshauptmannschaft Bautzen , Saxony ; † February 10, 2021 in Leipzig ) was a Sorbian Slavist , Sorabist and university professor.
Career
After studying Slavic Studies, he did his doctorate and then his habilitation . Schuster-Šewc was from 1964 university professor for Sorabic and Slavic linguistics and director of the Institute for Sorabic at the University of Leipzig . He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow . From 1988 he was a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences . He was a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Scholarship in Cracow .
In 1980 Schuster-Šewc was awarded the State Ćišinski Prize .
Publications (selection)
- The oldest prints in Upper Sorbian , Domowina-Verlag , 2001.
- Sorbian in a Slavic context , Domowina-Verlag, 2000.
- The Sorbian and the state of its research , Berlin, Akademie-Verlag , 1991.
- Historical-etymological dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian language , Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag, 1978–1996.
- Bibliography of Sorbian Linguistics , Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag, 1966.
- Comparative historical phonology of the language of Albin Moller , Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1958.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Schuster-Šewc in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Heinz Schuster-Šewc in the Saxon Bibliography
- Heinz Schuster-Šewc, Prof. Dr. phil. , Membership page on the website of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Footnotes
- ↑ Obituary notice in Serbske Nowiny , February 12, 2021, p. 4 ( e-paper )
- ↑ On the history of Sorabistics. Institute for Sorabistics, University of Leipzig, accessed on November 21, 2017 .
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SURNAME | Schuster-Šewc, Heinz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Šewc, Hinc (Sorbian) |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Sorbian Slavist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Purschwitz , Bautzen Authority , Saxony |
DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2021 |
Place of death | Leipzig |