Linos Politis

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Linos Politis ( Greek Λίνος-Παναγιώτης Νικολάου Πολίτης , born October 4, 1906 in Athens ; † December 21, 1982 ibid) was a Greek neo-Greekist and classical archaeologist .

Life

Linos Politis is the fourth son of the founder of the modern Greek folklore (λαογραφία), Nikolaos Politis (1852-1921). One of his brothers is the famous dramaturge and theater director Fotos Politis (1890–1934).

Linos Politis studied philology at the University of Athens from 1922 to 1926 , especially with Nikos Veis (Νίκος Βέης) and Sokratis Kougeas (Σωκράτης Κουγέας). During this period he was a member of the board of directors and from 1925 to 1926 chairman of the student union (Φοιτητική Συντροφιά). In February 1927 he completed his studies with a diploma (πτυχίο).

By participating in a concours (διαγωνισμός) in May 1929 he got a job as an assistant in the manuscript department of the Greek National Library , which he would hold until he was appointed to the chair of modern Greek philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1948. The position enabled him to obtain his doctorate in June 1931 with a dissertation supervised by Nikos Veis on Ελληνικά χειρόγραφα της Σερβίδος βασιλίσσης Ελισάβετ ( Greek manuscripts of the Serbian Empress Elisabeth in 1930 in a German version of the Byzantine period ), which only appeared in a German version of the Serbian Empress Elisabeth in 1930.

However, he interrupted this activity twice, first by studying classical archeology and philology abroad for five semesters at the University of Munich (especially with Ernst Buschor ) and one further semester each in Berlin and Paris (1932-1935), then by taking over of the Ephorate in Patras (1943–1945).

At the University of Thessaloniki, whose chair for modern Greek philology after the resignation of its first holder, Giannis Apostolakis (Γιάννης Αποστολάκης, 1880–1974), remained vacant in 1935, Politis taught and researched for 21 years. During this time he was also dean of the Philosophical Faculty twice (1952–1953 and 1961–1962). When the military dictatorship (1967–1974) installed authorized representatives (επίτροποι) at the universities in 1969, the 63-year-old Politis submitted a protest against this measure to the then rector of the university, the Graecist Stylianos G. Kapsomenos (Στυλιανός Γ. 1907–1978), his resignation. Nevertheless, Politis did not leave Thessaloniki and was honored for it by his students, including Panagiotis Moullas and NG Pistos, in the same year with a list of his writings, and ten years later with another commemorative publication.

In 1977 Politis left Thessaloniki for family reasons and settled in Athens . In 1980 he was accepted as a full member of the seat for Modern Greek Philology in the Academy of Athens due to his academic merits ; the official acceptance ceremony took place in 1981. During this time he also worked for the Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών ( National Research Institute ) and the Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης ( Education Foundation of the National Bank ).

From 1952 to 1976 Politis published the journal was Ελληνικά ( Hellenika ), co-founder, board member and long-time Chairman of the 1960 created Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη ( Institute for Modern Greek Studies Manolis Triantafyllidis ) and a member of the Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών ( Society for Macedonian Studies ) and co-founder of the Macedonian Art Society ( Μακεδονική Καλλιτεχνική Εταιρεία ), of which he was chairman for 25 years (1951–1976). Together with Giorgos Seferis , Ioannis Theophanis Kakridis and Manolis Papathomopoulos he founded a series for the publication of philological editions of texts from the early phase of modern Greek literature from the 11th to the 17th centuries, the Βυζαντινή και Νεοελληνική Βιβλιοθήη . Politis has been invited to numerous lectures, seminars and visiting professorships in Italy, Germany, France and the USA.

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Although Politis had a strong interest in classical archeology, his professional career made him one of the most important Greek palaeographers and neo-Graecists. As a paleographer, Politis has viewed, described and edited extensive manuscript holdings on countless trips to monasteries, public libraries and private collections. His most important find was the only complete manuscript in the Lexikons des Photios , also known as the libraries . One of his main achievements in the field of modern Greek literature is the first comprehensive account of its history from the Byzantine era to the 20th century. Although abstracts for study programs in Greece had already been published, this literary history was first published in 1973 in an English translation before it became available in Greek five years later. Poltiis is also one of the best editors of the Cretan Renaissance literature, including Erotokritos , and the Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos , whose complete works he made available in a philological edition. Other specialties were the Digenis Akritas , the Greek folk song and the writers Andreas Kalvos , Alexandros Papadiamantis and Giorgos Seferis . Given this spectrum, Politis was also an expert on issues relating to the history of the Greek language . On the Greek language question , he took a firm stand on the side of the Dimotiki .

Awards

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Greek manuscripts of the Serbian Empress Elisabeth. In: Byzantinoslavica. 2, 1930, pp. 288-304. (Dissertation Athens, 1930)
  • Ιστορία της νέας ελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Συνοπτικό διάγραμμα. Βιβλιογραφία. Θεσσαλονίκη 1968, 2nd supplemented edition. 1972, 3rd edition. under the title: Συνοπτική ιστορία της νέας ελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Βιβλιογραφία. Επίμετρον. 1977, most recently Δωδώνη, Athens 1987, ISBN 960-248-526-0 .
  • A History of Modern Greek Literature . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1973, reprinted with improvements 1975, ISBN 0-19-815721-5 .
  • Ιστορία της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Athens 1978, 3rd edition 1980, most recently 1998, ISBN 960-250-061-1 .
    • German translation (follows the expanded and supplemented 3rd edition): History of modern Greek literature . Translated by Eleonore Bung and Stathis Maniatis. Romiosini Verlag , Cologne 1984. (Reprint: 1996, ISBN 3-923728-08-5 )
  • Κατάλογος χειρογράφων της Εθνικής Βιβλιοθήκης της Ελλάδος. Ακαδημία Αθηνών, Athens 1991, ISBN 960-7099-06-0 . ("Catalog of the Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece")
  • Γύρω στον Σολωμό. Μελέτες και άρθρα (1938–1982). Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Athens 1995, ISBN 960-250-109-X . ("Back to Solomos. Essays and Articles (1932–1982)")
  • Οι βιβλιοκρισίες 1926–1973. Αθήνα, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Athens 2002, ISBN 960-250-251-7 . ("The reviews 1926–1973")

Editorships

literature

  • Δημοσιεύματα Λίνου Πολίτου ως το 1969. Thessaloniki 1969. ( List of publications until 1969)
  • Αφιέρωμα στον καθηγητή Λίνο Πολίτη. Thessaloniki 1979. (Festschrift)
  • Γιώργος Γ. Αλισανδράτος (Ed.): Δελτίο της Ιονίου 'Ακαδημίας 2 (1986): Αφιέρωμα στή μνήμη Λίνου Πολίτη.
  • Βενετία Αποστολίδου: Γεώργιος Ζώρας και Λίνος Πολίτης: Οι περιορισμοί του πανεπιστημιακού θεσμού και το συμβολικό κεφάλαιο της Νεοελληνικής Φιλολογίας . 2014, (online) (PDF)
  • Βενετία Αποστολίδου: Πανεπιστημιακή διδασκαλία και ιστοριογραφία της λογοτεχνίας. Το παράδειγμα του Λίνου Πολίτη. In: Αγγέλα Καστρινάκη, Αλέξης Πολίτης, Δημήτρης Τζιόβας (ed.) Για μια ιστορία της Ελληνικαής Λογ τιντώες Λογ τιντώς. Προτάσεις ανασυγκρότησης. Θέματα και ρεύματα. Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης / Μουσείο Μπενάκη, Ηράκλειο 2012, pp. 465–479.
  • Βενετία Αποστολίδου: Γιώργος Σεφέρης - Λίνος Πολίτης. Ποίηση και φιλολογία στη νεοτερικότητα. In: Η νεοτερικότητα στη νεοελληνική λογοτεχνία και κριτική του 19ου και του 20ου αιώνα. ΕΕΦΣ, ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη 2010, pp. 435–447, (online) (PDF)
  • Βενετία Αποστολίδου: Η συγκρότηση της νεοελληνικής φιλολογίας και ο Λίνος Πολίτης: Ποίηση, κριτικεήπηστιε . In: Μ. Μικέ, Λ. Τσιριμώκου, Μ. Πεχλιβάνος (ed.), Ο λόγος της παρουσίας. Τιμητικός τόμος για τον Παν. Μουλλά. Σοκόλης, Athens, 2005, pp. 45–55, (online) (PDF)
  • Hans Eideneier : Linos Politis (1906–1982) . In: Southeast Research . 42, 1983, pp. 303-304. - (obituary)
  • Niki Eideneier : Foreword . In: Linos Politis, History of Modern Greek Literature . Translated by Eleonore Bung and Stathis Maniatis. Romiosini Verlag, Cologne 1984, pp. 9-10. (Reprint: 1996, ISBN 3-923728-08-5 )
  • Γιώργος Κεχαγιόγλου: Λίνος Ν. Πολίτης (1906-1982). In: Ελληνικά 34, 1982-83, 7-22, online (PDF; 270 kB). - (Obituary, with photograph and additions to the scriptures)
  • Παναγιώτης Μαστροδημήτρης : Ιωάννης Συκουτρής - Λίνος Πολίτης: το χρονικό μιας φιλολογακής αντις. In: Η Νεοελληνική σύνθεση. Θέματα και κατευθύνσεις της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Νεφέλη, Αθήνα 1999, pp. 315–333.
  • Γιάννης Παπαθεοδώρου: Παρουσίαση Γραμματολογιών ΝΕΛ. Μια περιδιάβαση στο χώρο της Γραμματολογίας και της Ιστοριογραφίας της Νεοελληνικής Λο –γοτεχνώας (19. Online at: www.greek-language.gr (last accessed July 5, 2012) - “Review of literary stories in modern Greek literature. A tour in the field of literary history and the historiography of modern Greek literature (19th - 20th centuries) "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Δημήτριος Σ. Λουκάτος: Εισαγωγή στην Ελληνική Λαογραφία. Μορφωτικό ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Αθήνα 1985, 65-72, online .
personal data
SURNAME Politis, Linos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Λίνος-Παναγιώτης Νικολάου Πολίτης
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek neo-Greekist and classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1982
Place of death Athens