Manfred Taube

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Prof. Dr. em. Manfred Taube, photo courtesy of the Taube family

Manfred Taube (born March 11, 1928 in Leipzig ) is a German Tibetologist and Mongolist .

Life

From 1949 to 1953 he studied Indology , Tibetology and Mongolian Studies at the University of Leipzig . After receiving his doctorate (1957) and habilitation (1965), he was appointed lecturer in Tibetan and Mongolian philology in 1966. From 1992 he was professor for Tibetan and Mongolian philology at the University of Leipzig. He is married to the ethnologist and folklorist Erika Taube . Manfred Taube's students are the Tibetologist Olaf Czaja and the orientalist and publicist Jakob Taube .

Manfred Taube's research focus is the elucidation of the history and culture of the peoples of Central Asia on the basis of historical written sources.

Fonts (selection)

  • Nepal. Land between Tarāī and Himalaya . Leipzig 1975, OCLC 923645251 .
  • The Tibetica of the Berlin Turfan Collection . Berlin 1980, OCLC 891347719 .
  • Contributions to the history of medical literature in Tibet . Sankt Augustin 1981, ISBN 3-88280-006-2 .
  • with Erika Taube : shamans and rhapsodes. The spiritual culture of ancient Mongolia . Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-85063-141-9 .
  • Secret history of the Mongols. Origin, life and rise of Cinggis Qans . Ed., Translated from Mongolian and annotated. Leipzig-Weimar: Gustav Kiepenheuer 1989. 327 p., With 2 ctn. [Oriental Library]; Munich: CH Beck 1989; Stuttgart: Insel-Verlag 1989.
  • Secret history of the Mongols. Origin, life and rise of Genghis Khan . From Mongol. translated and commented. Munich: CH Beck 2005 (2nd revised edition).
  • with Jakob Taube (Ed.): Erika Taube - Letters from Mongolia (1966-1987) Leipzig 2020, ISBN 978-3-96023-357-2 ( [1] )

Literature about Manfred Taube

  • Sagaster, Klaus, and Alex Smejkal: Bibliography Manfred Taube. In: UAJ Vol. 8 (1988), pp. 189-197.
  • as editors Helmut Eimer , Michael Hahn , Maria Schetelich and Peter Wyzlic: Studia Tibetica et Mongolica. (Festschrift Manfred Taube) . Swisttal-Odendorf 1999, ISBN 3-923776-34-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dove, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Tibetologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig