Joseph Kohnen

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Joseph (Nicolas Pierre) Kohnen (born October 25, 1940 in the Luxembourg CdZ area ; † March 2, 2015 ) was a Luxembourg philologist . He dealt with the cultural and intellectual history of the Albertus University in Königsberg (Prussia) .

Life

Kohnen was born the son of the photographer Pierre Kohnen and the Hungarian ballerina Etelka Piroska Sramkó. From 1946 to 1954 he attended the primary school of the Grand Duchy, from 1954 to 1961 the ancient language Athenaeum, the Greco-Latin grammar school of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Études secondaires ). From 1961 to 1965 he studied literature , German , Latin and Greek in Luxembourg and at the University of Nancy , at the Sorbonne and at the University of Bonn ( Études supérieurs ). In 1965 he received his doctorate in philosophy and German, Latin and Greek literary studies . From 1965 to 1966 he served in the Luxembourg army. In 1972 he became a doctor of the University of Nancy II .

From 1976 he was a lecturer and from 1979 professor for German studies at the Center Universitaire de Luxembourg . In 1982 he completed his habilitation at the University of Nancy II ( Docteur d'État ) after no German university had expressed interest in the Königsberg subject. From 1986 to 1988 he was a lecturer at the Saarland University . From 1988 he was a member of the Institut Grand-Ducal , Section des Arts et des Lettres (Academy of Sciences). From 1990 he was a permanent visiting professor at the University of Kaliningrad . In 1995 he was awarded the Prix ​​Spécial Servais . From 2003 to 2008 he was a professor at the University of Luxembourg .

It appeared in 2006 in honor commemorative European encounters . The publications by Joseph Kohnen are listed there: 7 monographs, 8 editions, 5 scientific compilations, 116 essays, 15 reviews and advertisements and 17 mishaps.

Award

Works (selection)

  • Not like that! Review of Margot Paterson's book Semgallen Revisited. An Account of Jacob Michael Reinhold Lenz's Fictional Autobiography "CVs in the Ascending Line" (1778–1781). In: Lenz yearbook. Sturm und Drang studies. Vol. 12 (2002/03), Röhrig Universitätsverlag, St. Ingbert 2005, pp. 260–268
  • Death and building aesthetics. To an essential page in Goethe's understanding of art . In: Littérature et Architecture. Colloque du 25 ° anniversaire. In: Revue Luxembourgeoise de Littérature Générale et Comparée. 2004-2005, Numéro special, Luxembourg 2006, pp. 50-57
  • Bolshoi pojar w Königsberge w serkale poesii tovo vrijemenii (A major Königsberg fire in the mirror image of contemporary poetry). In: Kantovsky sbornik. 26 (Festschrift for Leonard Alexandrovitsch Kalinnikov), Kaliningrad 2007, pp. 237–254
  • Ludwig von Baczko's novel "The Life and Sorrows of My Father Jonathan Oak" . In: Jens Stüben (ed.): East Prussia - West Prussia - Danzig. A historical literary landscape (= series of publications by the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe. Vol. 30). Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, pp. 305–321
  • Hippel and Balzac. Death universe in the metropolitan area . In: Revue luxembourgeoise de Littérature Générale et Comparée. Luxembourg 2007, pp. 22-31
  • Creating in humility. In memory of Ernst Koch (1808–1858). In: Nos cahiers. Letzebuerger Zaitschreft for culture. Luxemburg 2007, No. 4, pp. 31-47
  • Adelgunde Gottscheds Pietisterey in a whalebone skirt and Königsberg . In: Publications de l'Université du Luxembourg. German Studies, Fascicule XXIII, Luxemburg 2008, pp. 1–9
  • A pioneering monument to modern prose. Theodor Gottlieb von Hippels "preliminary report" for the book About marriage . In: Reason - Freedom - Humanity. About Johann Gottfried Herder and some of his contemporaries. Festival ceremony for Günter Arnold for his 65th birthday. Lunpeter and Lasel, Eutin 2008, pp. 462–476
  • Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel as Lord Mayor of Königsberg (1781–1796) . In: 750 years of Königsberg. Contributions to the history of a residence town for a time (= conference reports of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research. Vol. 23). NG Elwert Verlag, Marburg 2008, pp. 186-202
  • Forgotten writers' graves . In: Nos cahiers. Issue 3 (2009), pp. 16–31

literature

  • Susanne Craemer, Enrica Yvonne Dilk, Heinz Sieburg, Ferdinand Stoll (eds.): European encounters. Contributions to literary studies, language and philosophy. Festschrift for Joseph Kohnen. Center Universitaire de Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2006, ISBN 2-87971-235-1 (with bibliography by Joseph Kohnens).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Joseph Kohnen passed away , University of Luxembourg website, March 5, 2015, accessed on March 27, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Kohnen, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kohnen, Joseph Nicolas Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg philologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH CdZ area Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2015