Kurt Ringger

Kurt Ringger (born May 19, 1934 in Zurich ; † March 13, 1988 in Wiesbaden ) was a Swiss Romance studies and literary scholar .

life and work

Ringger received his doctorate in 1964 with Reto R. Bezzola in Zurich with Ambienti ed intrecci nelle commedie di Carlo Goldoni (Bern 1965). As a high school teacher in Zurich, he completed his habilitation in 1971 with Die «Lais». On the structure of the poetic imagination of Marie de France (Tübingen 1973). From 1976 he held a chair for Romance philology at the University of Mainz .

The Mainz Academy of Sciences , appointed by Ringger as sole heir, awards the Kurt Ringger Prize annually from the Kurt Ringger Foundation for the promotion of young Romance scholars.

Other works

(Ed.) Carlo Goldoni: Commedie. 4 vols., Torino 1972.
L'âme et la page. Trois essais sur Stendhal. Aran 1982.
(Associate Editor) Stendhalhefte. 1-3, Tuebingen 1986-1989.
From the Middle Ages to the Modern. (Collection of articles, see below).

literature

Kurt Ringger (1934–1988). Speeches at the academic funeral of Faculty 15 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on July 8, 1988. Editing: Wilfried Floeck, Langenfeld 1988 (with list of publications).
Commemorative publication from the University of Burgundy for Kurt Ringger. Association bourguignonne de dialectologie et d'onomastique, Dijon 1990, ISBN 2-904911-32-4 .
From the Middle Ages to the Modern. Contributions to French and Italian literature. Kurt Ringger memorial ribbon. Edited on behalf of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, by Erich Loos , with the assistance of Hans-Werner Eirich, Angelica Rieger and Christof Weiand, Tübingen 1991, ISBN 3-8233-4108-1 (with list of publications).
Konrad Fuchs : Ringger, Kurt. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 1143-1148. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Literature by and about Kurt Ringger in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Doris Jakubec: Ringger, Kurt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

personal data
SURNAME	Ringger, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Romance studies and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	May 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1988
Place of death	Wiesbaden