Margret Dietrich
Margret Dietrich (born February 19, 1920 in Lippstadt , Westphalia , † January 17, 2004 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian theater scholar.
Life
Dietrich studied in Münster and Graz and earned her Dr. phil. 1944 with a thesis on the history of gestures in the German theater of the 15th to 17th centuries. She worked for Heinz Kindermann for many years and in 1966 took over his chair at the University of Vienna , which she held until her retirement in 1984. Dietrich is described in obituaries as warm-hearted and motherly, and even her lectures as a lecturer were praised for a new openness to contemporary theater. As a full professor, she advocated pluralism of methods and encouraged the inclusion of interdisciplinary aspects. Dietrich was buried at the Mauer cemetery (group 46, row 3, number 23). Among other things, Dietrich received the Grillparzer Ring in 1978 , the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art in 1980 and the Medal of Honor from the Federal Capital of Vienna in 1985 .
After her death, a traffic area already dedicated to Dietrich was renamed in the 21st Viennese district of Floridsdorf in 2008 , as a previously unknown Nazi past of Dietrich had come to light. Dietrich was not only a registered NSDAP member, but also represented relevant ideas in her writings before 1945, such as her dissertation . In the dissertation from 1944 on the subject of the change of gestures in the German theater from the 15th to the 17th century , one of the three research criteria was “the gesture as an expression of race”. The new namesake is Helene Richter , also a theater scholar and critic. Helene Richter died in Theresienstadt in 1942 as a result of the deportation . The new evaluation of the MA 9 documented Margret Dietrich's NSDAP membership and stated that “with today's knowledge (...) the naming of a traffic area after Margret Dietrich should of course be rejected”.
literature
- Doris Ingrisch: Dietrich, Margret. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 136-139.
Web links
- Literature by and about Margret Dietrich in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dietrich, Margret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dietrich, Anna; Dietrich, Anne-Margret |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lippstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Vienna |