Johannes Holthusen (Slavicist)
Johannes Holthusen (born November 30, 1924 in Hamburg , † May 25, 1985 in Munich ) was a German Slavic scholar and university professor.
Life
Johannes Holthusen was the son of the doctor Hermann Holthusen and Agnes geb. Weizsacker .
He was professor at the University of Würzburg , the Ruhr University Bochum and since 1969 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1973 he was elected a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . His main field of work was Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries.
A bronze grave slab in the area of the family grave complex in the Ohlsdorf cemetery (grid square Y 11) commemorates Johannes Holthusen.
Works
- Studies on the aesthetics and poetics of Russian symbolism . 1957.
- Russian contemporary literature. 1963–1968, 2 volumes.
- Russia in verse and prose. 1973.
- Russian literature in the 20th century. 1978.
- Vjačeslav Ivanov as a symbolist poet and as a Russian cultural philosopher. Publishing house of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7696-1514-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Holthusen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Johannes Holthusen (Slavist) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Holthusen obituary at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (PDF file).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holthusen, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Slavist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1985 |
| Place of death | Munich |