Knud Togeby
Knud Dag Nielsen Togeby (born January 28, 1918 in Haslev , † December 27, 1974 in Hillerød ) was a Danish Romance and Hispanic scholar .
life and work
Togeby graduated from high school in Svendborg in 1936 and studied in Copenhagen with Kristian Sandfeld , Viggo Brøndal and Louis Hjelmslev . He received his doctorate in Copenhagen on Structure immanente de la langue française (Copenhagen 1951, 2nd edition Paris 1965) and was professor of Romance philology there from 1955 until his death. Togeby was the brother of the writer Sigurd Togeby (1909–1970).
Knud Togeby died with his wife on December 27, 1974 in a traffic accident.
Other works
- (Ed.) Moderne danske og norske Digte. Copenhagen 1948
- Fashion, aspect et temps en espagnol. Copenhagen 1953, 3rd edition 1975
- L'Oeuvre de Maupassant :. Copenhagen and Paris 1954
- La composition du roman Don Quixote. Copenhagen 1957 (Spanish: La estructura del Quijote. Seville 1977, 2nd edition 1991)
- (Ed.) Dansk lyrik 1915–1955. Antologi. Copenhagen 1957, 1961
- Litteraere renaessancer i Frankrigs middelalder. Copenhagen 1960
- Fransk grammar. Copenhagen 1965
- (Ed.) La glossématique. L'héritage de Hjelmslev au Denmark. In: Langages. 6, 1967
- (Ed.) Ogier le Dannoys. Roman en prose du XVe siècle. Copenhagen 1967
- Ogier le Danois dans les littératures européennes. Copenhagen 1969
- Kapitler af fransk literary history. Review and criticism. Edited by Hans Boll Johansen, 2 volumes, Copenhagen 1971
- Précis historique de grammaire française. Copenhagen 1974
- Grammaire française. Edited by Magnus Berg, Ghani Merad et Ebbe Spang-Hanssen, 5 volumes, Copenhagen 1982–1985
literature
- Immanence et structure. Recueil d'articles publiés à l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de Knud Togeby. Copenhagen 1968 (Revue Romane, Numéro Spécial 2)
- Choix d'articles: 1943-1974. ed. by Michael Herslund, Copenhagen 1978 (Revue Romane Numéro Spécial 15) (with list of publications)
- Eugene Lozovan in: Journal of Romance Philology. 91, 1975.
Web links
- Literature by and about Knud Togeby in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Knud Togeby in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Sprog/Sprogforskeres_biografier/Knud_Togeby (with picture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Togeby, Knud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Togeby, Knud Dag Nielsen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haslev |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1974 |
| Place of death | Hillerød |