Klaus Böldl

Klaus Böldl (born February 21, 1964 in Passau ) is a German Scandinavian writer and writer .

career

Klaus Böldl studied Nordic philology , German and comparative literature in Munich and Lund . In 1999 he received his doctorate in philology in Munich , and in 2005 he completed his habilitation . Since 2007 he has been Professor of Scandinavian Medieval Studies at the Nordic Institute at Kiel University . Böldl is a member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature .

In addition to his scientific work, Böldl writes narrative works and travel reports, which often have the Scandinavian region as a background. He received u. a. 1997 the Tukan Prize of the City of Munich, 2001 the Promotion Prize of the Free State of Bavaria , 2003 the Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau , the Hermann Hesse Prize and in 2013 the Friedrich Hebbel Prize of the Friedrich Hebbel Foundation .

Works

Scientific works

• The myth of the Edda . Tübingen [u. a.], 2000. ISBN 3-772027490 .
• Occasional snowfall. New texts from Scandinavia , ed. by Klaus Böldl and Uwe Englert, in: Neue Rundschau Jhg. 115, Issue 3. Frankfurt am Main, 2004. ISBN 3-108090585 .
• Continuity in Criticism. Historical and current perspectives in Scandinavian studies (edited by Klaus Böldl and Miriam Kauko). Freiburg, 2005. ISBN 3-793093794 .
• Gods and myths of the north. A manual . Verlag CHBeck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65219-6 .

Literary works

• Study in crystal formation . Frankfurt am Main, 1997. ISBN 359622389X .
• South of Abisko . Frankfurt am Main, 2000. ISBN 3596149797 .
• The distant islands . Frankfurt am Main, 2003. ISBN 3100076206 . (via the Faroe Islands and Iceland )
• Three rivers . Frankfurt am Main, 2006. ISBN 3100076214 .
• The night teacher . Frankfurt am Main, 2010. ISBN 9783100076274 .
• The breath of the birds . Frankfurt am Main, 2017. ISBN 9783103972702 .

Translations

• The saga of the people on Eyr . Munich, 1999. (= Eyrbyggja saga ) ISBN 342401480X .

as editor

• Isländersagas , S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011 ISBN 978-3-10-007629-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Böldl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Klaus Böldl at perlentaucher.de
• Klaus Böldl in the literature portal Bavaria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see http://www.adwmainz.de/index.php?id=116
2. ^ DPA Starline: Literature: Hebbel Prize 2013 goes to Klaus Böldl. In: Focus Online . February 28, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 .