Wolfgang Sykorra

Wolfgang Felix Sykorra (* 1945 ) is a German Romanist , Anglicist and non-fiction author .

Life

Sykorra grew up in an industrial area in Essen - Bergeborbeck and attended the Borbeck grammar school from 1955 to 1964 .

He then studied Romance and English at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and at the University of Dijon . Stays in Paris and London followed . His doctoral thesis on Dr. phil. On the subject of Friedrich Diez's Etymological Dictionary of Romance Languages ​​and its sources , he submitted it to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn in 1973. In 1974 he moved with his wife to the Schönebeck district of Essen , where, in addition to his professional activity as a high school teacher in various functions at school, university and district government, he was also chairman of the SPD local association from 1980 to 1998 . At that time he was also committed to the preservation of today's Winkhauser Tal nature reserve . In addition to environmental protection, the integration of people with disabilities into school and society has always been a concern of his. From 1987 until his retirement in 2006 he was director of the Borbeck grammar school .

Sykorra publishes works and articles on linguistics and literary studies as well as on the social and regional history of the Ruhr area. His book Von der Penne in die Welt , published in 2013 , in which he depicts portraits of pupils from Borbeck High School from different eras, including during the Nazi era , was moved to the Yad Vashem Library of the Memorial to the Martyrs and Heroes of the State of Israel in the Holocaust in 2014 Jerusalem added.

Publications

• Friedrich Diez 'Etymological Dictionary of Romance Languages ​​and its Sources. [zg. Diss.] Romance seminar at the University of Bonn, 1973.
• with others: europaLyrik 1775 - today. Poems and interpretations. Edited by Klaus Lindemann. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich 1982. ISBN 3-506-75045-3
• with Wolfgang Hillen: Bibliography of the literary text editions for French lessons at secondary level II. Romanistischer Verlag, Bonn 1985. ISBN 978-3-924-88802-2
• with others: Borbeck grammar school 1905 - 1995. Chronicle of a school in the 20th century . Essen 1995.
• with others: From the coal pot to the Ruhr Metropolis. Edited by Rainer Henselowsky, Edition Rainruhr, Essen 2007 ISBN 978-3-981-15980-6
• The Essener Borbeck Citizens and Tourist Association e. V. between urban and school development. Civic engagement in the Ruhr area. Food 2009.
• with Andreas Koerner: You were never a stranger. The Essen mining colony Schönebeck and its district. Edition Rainruhr, Essen 2009. ISBN 978-3-981-15989-9
• with Dietmar Klinke: Evangelical inclusive future school of secondary levels I and II in Essen. School program considerations. Church district Essen, school department, Essen 2010.
• Borbeck half-length . A school project of the European Capital of Culture "Ruhr.2010" . Edition Rainruhr, Essen 2011. ISBN 978-3-941676-07-7
• From the penne into the world. Borbeck portraits. Edition Rainruhr, Essen 2013. ISBN 978-3-941-67617-6
• with Dietmar Klinke: Evangelical Inclusive Future School Essen. A school start-up project in the press. Church district Essen, school department, Essen 2014.
• From the valley basins to the regional green corridor B , in: Essener Posts. Contributions to the history of the city and monastery of Essen 128 (2015), pp. 261–296. ISBN 978-3-8375-1347-9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Spletter: The future school is a matter of the heart for him, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, December 28, 2012
2. ↑ Wolfgang Sykorra: teacher and book author. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , June 13, 2015.
3. ↑ Thorsten Schabelon: Yad Vashem Library selects Essen book. Westfalenpost , November 10, 2014.