Per Øhrgaard
Per Øhrgaard (born February 6, 1944 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish German studies specialist , language historian and translator .
Life
Øhrgaard graduated from high school Vestre Borgerdydskole in Copenhagen in 1962 . He had already attended a summer academy at the University of Tübingen when he was still at school in 1961 . After high school, he began studying German at the University of Copenhagen , but then also studied at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Kiel . In 1969 he completed his studies in Copenhagen with the degree Mag.art. , which is roughly comparable to a German doctoral degree .
He then worked as a research assistant in the field of German literature and completed his habilitation in 1978 with a study on Goethe's educational novel Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship years . From 1980 to 2003 Øhrgaard was Professor of German Philology at the University of Copenhagen. He was then visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School from 2003 to 2007 and Professor of German and European Studies there until 2013.
In 1991 he became a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and has been a member of the Danske Akademi since 2001 , as its secretary since 2012. He was also a member of PEN Denmark from 1978 , its president from 1983 to 1990 and again since 2015. Since 2004 he has been a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt . The Academy of Sciences in Göttingen he belongs to as a corresponding member.
From 1993 to 2013 Øhrgaard was a member of the Board of Directors of the Carlsberg Foundation and until 2014 of the Carlsberg Brewery's Supervisory Board .
Awards
- 2015: Director Louis Hartmann and Hustru Emilie Hartmanns Mindepris
- 2003: Friedrich Gundolf Prize for communicating German culture abroad
- 2001: Henrik Steffens Prize
- 1994: Goethe Medal
- 1992: Dannebrogorden
- 1989: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st class
Fonts
- Tyskland: Europe's hjerte. Copenhagen 2009 ISBN 978-87-02-08255-5
- Günter Grass: a German writer is visited. Munich 2007 ISBN 978-3-423-34446-3
- Goethe. Et essay. Copenhagen 1999 ISBN 82-05-26511-9
- The recovery of Narcissus: a study on Goethe: Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship years . Habilitation thesis, Copenhagen 1978 ISBN 87-503-2619-8
- CF Meyer : on the development of his subject. Dissertation, Copenhagen 1969
- as Ed .: So every translator is a prophet in his people. From the business of translating. 1st row: Valerio. The magazine for the German Academy for Language and Poetry . Wallstein, Göttingen 2011
In addition, Øhrgaard has translated numerous German authors into Danish, including Günter Grass , Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Max Frisch , Franz Kafka , Robert Walser and Friedrich Schiller .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on royalacademy.dk (Danish; last access: May 28, 2013)
- ↑ Entry on danskeakademi.dk (Danish; last access: May 28, 2013)
- ^ Members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen: Per Øhrgaard. Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, accessed on August 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Carlsbergfondets bestyrelse. (Danish; last accessed May 28, 2013)
- ^ Carlsberggroup.com: Supervisory Board ( Memento from June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English; last accessed: May 28, 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Øhrgaard, Per |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish German studies specialist and linguistic historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |