Michael Ritter

Michael Ritter (born September 28, 1967 in Vienna ) is an Austrian literary scholar and publishing director at Praesens Verlag .

Michael Ritter (2018)

Life

Ritter completed a degree in German , history and Italian at the University of Vienna , which he completed with a master's degree. He later did a PhD .

Ritter worked together with Herbert Zeman on the publication of Nikolaus Lenau's works. He also acted as editor of the Lenau yearbook from 1995 to 2002 .

Since taking over Edition Praesens, founded in 1989 by Peter Ernst, Ritter has been primarily active as an editor and publisher since 2002.

honors and awards

1994 Theodor Körner Prize for the promotion of science and art
1996 City of Vienna scholarship from MA 18 - Urban Development and Planning, Science Group

Publications (selection)

Nikolaus Lenau: Historical-Critical Complete Edition, Volume 1: Poems 1828-1834, ed. v. Herbert Zeman et al. Michael Ritter in collaboration with Wolfgang Neuber u. Xavier Vicat, Vienna: Deuticke / Klett-Cotta 1995 ISBN 3-216-30141-9
“You can see the king of the stars shining”. The imperial court in baroque Vienna as the center of German-Italian literary endeavors (1653 to 1718) using the special example of libretto poetry, Vienna: Ed. Praesens 1999 ISBN 3-7069-0028-9
Autumn time. Nikolaus Lenau. Biography. Vienna: Deuticke 2002 ISBN 3-216-30524-4
"Eternal peace is not an empty idea". Literary Forms of Peace - A Bibliography. Created u. commented v. Herbert Zeman et al. Michael Ritter. Vienna: Ed. Praesens 2001 ISBN 3-7069-0069-6

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Ritter at Club Carriere
↑ The intellectual and stylistic development of poetry from Nikolaus Lenau to the America trip . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 1993, 122 pp.
↑ Michael Ritter: The imperial court in baroque Vienna as the center of German-Italian literary endeavors . Dissertation, University of Vienna, Dissertation, 1997.

personal data
SURNAME	Knight, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian literary scholar and publishing director at Praesens Verlag
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Michael Ritter at Club Carriere

[2] The intellectual and stylistic development of poetry from Nikolaus Lenau to the America trip . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 1993, 122 pp.

[3] Michael Ritter: The imperial court in baroque Vienna as the center of German-Italian literary endeavors . Dissertation, University of Vienna, Dissertation, 1997.