Karl Heisig
Karl Heisig (born April 1, 1902 in Breslau ; † 1982 ) was a German Romance studies and librarian.
life and work
Heisig received his doctorate in 1926 in Breslau with studies on the Chanson de la Croisade contre les Albigeois and completed his habilitation in Marburg in 1935 with Werner Krauss on the history metaphor of the Rolandslied and its prehistory (in: Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie 55, 1935, pp. 1-87), but was not appointed private lecturer by the National Socialists. He was a librarian and from 1948 to 1970 Professor of Romance Philology in Marburg. Heisig published numerous articles in specialist journals and compilations.
literature
- Frank-Rutger Hausmann : "Devoured by the vortex of events". German Romance Studies in the “Third Reich”. 2nd revised and updated edition. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-465-03584-8 , pp. 237, 728, 753 ( Analecta Romanica 61).
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Heisig in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.bildindex.de/obj20551072.html (with picture)
- https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Heisig,%20Karl
- Heisig, Karl. Hessian biography. (As of May 27, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heisig, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romance studies scholar, librarian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1982 |