Wilhelm Friese
Wilhelm Friese (born May 27, 1924 in Heiligenstadt , † June 9, 2008 in Tübingen ) was a Scandinavian and literary scholar at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . Friese was the first to deal extensively and scientifically with the baroque literature of the Nordic countries.
life and work
After participating in the Second World War and being a prisoner of war , he began studying English, German and Old Norse at the University of Jena in 1948 , which he later continued in East Berlin as a lecturer for New Scandinavian literature. In 1954 he became a research assistant at the Nordic Institute at the University of Greifswald , where he received his doctorate in 1955 . Due to increasing conflicts with the socialist GDR state and its interference in the freedom of science, he moved to Denmark for a short time in 1958 and then took up a teaching post in Lower Saxony. Wolfgang Mohr brought him to Tübingen for an assistant position at the German Seminar, where he completed his habilitation with a thesis on Nordic baroque literature. Until 1989 he held the professorship for Nordic Philology. From 1992 to 1994 he held the chair for modern Scandinavian literatures at the University of Greifswald. In 1993, Friese was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Greifswald for his complete academic work, especially research into Nordic Baroque literature, as well as for his advocacy of freedom of research and teaching .
Fonts (selection)
- Nordic literatures in the 20th century (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 389). Kröner, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-520-38901-0 .
- Nordic baroque poetry . Francke, Tübingen 1999 ISBN 3-7720-2733-4
- Knut Hamsun and Halldór Kiljan Laxness . Francke, Tübingen 2002 ISBN 3-7720-2780-6
- Scandinavian poetry in the 17th century . Francke, Tübingen 2003 ISBN 3-7720-3342-3
- Adventure with the Germans . Francke, Tübingen 2004 ISBN 3-7720-8044-8
- Encounters with Halldór Kiljan Laxness . Francke, Tübingen 2008 ISBN 978-3-7720-8288-7
literature
- Stefanie Gropper: From the Nordic Baroque to Halldór Laxness - Obituary for Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Friese . In: Scandinavian Studies (European Journal of Scandinavian Studies) , Vol. 38 (2008–2010), pp. 1–2
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Wilhelm Friese ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Press release Uni Greifswald
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Friese in the catalog of the German National Library
- About Wilhelm Friese at www.lyrikwelt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friese, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Scandinavian scholar and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbad Heiligenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 2008 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |