Herbert Frenzel (Romanist)
Herbert Frenzel (born June 29, 1913 in Cairo ; † October 25, 1968 in Innsbruck ) was a German Romance and Italianist.
life and work
Frenzel received his doctorate in Bonn in 1936 with Ernst Robert Curtius on Alfredo Oriani and Italian nationalism. From 1936 to 1966 he was (apart from military service) lecturer at the University of Genoa , and from 1956 also director of the German cultural institute there. In 1964 he qualified as a professor in Innsbruck with the font Ariost and romantic poetry . From 1966 to 1968 he taught as a full professor for Romance literature at the University of Innsbruck .
Works
- Alfredo Oriani (1852-1909). A contribution to the history of Italian nationalism , Stuttgart 1937 (dissertation)
- (Together with Werner Ross , in connection with Bruno Minoletti) 30 hours of Italian for beginners , Berlin 1938
- (Together with Werner Ross) 1000 idiomatic Italian phrases , Berlin 1939
- Perfeziona il tuo italiano! Toussaint-Langenscheidt advanced course Italian for advanced learners , Langenscheidt, Berlin 1956
- Virgil in Modern Italian Poetry , Krefeld 1957
- Italian pronunciation 1. The sounds of Italian , Berlin 1958
- (Translator from Italian) Eugenio Montale , Glorie des Mittags: Selected poems , Munich 1960
- Ariost and the romantic poetry , Böhlau, Cologne and Graz 1962 (habilitation thesis)
- (Together with Walter Frenzel) Langenscheidt's concise dictionary, Italian. German-Italian , Berlin 1965
- Dizionario italiano-tedesco, tedesco-italian 2. Tedesco-italiano , Milano 1965
- Langenscheidt's practical textbook Italian , Berlin 1968
literature
- Frank-Rutger Hausmann : Also a national science? The German Romance Studies under National Socialism , in: Romance Journal for Literature History 22, 1998, p. 306, note 316 ( PDF )
- Paul Videsott: Brief History of the Institute for Romance Studies at the University of Innsbruck ( online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Frenzel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Professors at the Institute for Romance Studies at the University of Innsbruck - CV (with picture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frenzel, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romanist and Italianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1968 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |