Harald Weinrich (24 September 1927 – 26 February 2022) was a German classical scholar, scholar of Romance philology and philosopher, known for the breadth of his writings.
Harald Weinrich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 September 1927 |
| Died | 26 February 2022 (aged 94) Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Occupation | Scholar |
Biography
editHe was emeritus professor of the Collège de France, and held the chair of Romance literature from 1992 to 1998.[1]
Weinrich was born in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, on 24 September 1927. His doctorate and habilitation were from the University of Münster. He took a founding chair at the new University of Bielefeld in 1968. From 1978 to 1992 he was at the University of Munich in the new chair of German as Foreign Language, Deutsch als Fremdsprache. He was founder of the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, developed in collaboration with Irmgard Ackermann,[2] a prize for German literature of non-native speakers.[3]
With his work at Bielefeld and Munich universities he is considered the founder of the academic discipline of Deutsch als Fremdsprache, DaF, the didactics of German as Foreign Language. Academic research and teaching in this field include investigation into the (pre-)conditions for, as well as 'hands-on' didactics of, learning and teaching the language in German-speaking countries as well as abroad. [4] [5]
Weinrich won many literary prizes, including the 1992 Karl-Vossler-Preis and the 1997 Hansischer Goethe-Preis. His books are widely translated in European languages. He died in Münster on 26 February 2022, at the age of 94.[6] [4]
Works
edit- Das Ingenium Don Quijotes (1956)
- Phonologische Studien zur romanischen Sprachgeschichte (1958)
- Tempus - Besprochene und erzählte Welt (1964)
- Literatur für Leser (1971)
- Textgrammatik der französischen Sprache (1982)
- Wege der Sprachkultur (1985)
- Textgrammatik der deutschen Sprache (1993)
- Lethe (1997) in English as Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting (2004) translated by Steven Rendall
- Kleine Literaturgeschichte der Heiterkeit (2001)
- Knappe Zeit. Kunst und Ökonomie des befristeten Lebens (2004) in English as On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines, translated by Steven Rendall
- The linguistics of lying and other essays, University of Washington Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0295985497
- Quante lingue per l'Europa? (2006) Cagliari, CUEC Editore (mit Schriftenverzeichnis bis 2006).
- Wie zivilisiert ist der Teufel? Kurze Besuche bei Gut und Böse (2007)
- Vom Leben und Lesen der Tiere. Ein Bestiarium (2008). ISBN 978-3-406-57822-9
- Über das Haben. 33 Ansichten (2012). ISBN 978-3-406-64094-0
References
edit- ^ "Emeritus Professors". Collège de France. 10 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ Irmgard Ackermann
- ^ "About the Chamisso Prize". Robert Bosch Stiftung. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b | Obituary University of Bielefeld
- ^ | DaF on University of Munich website
- ^ Bender, Niklas (28 February 2022). "Harald Weinrich gestorben. Germanistisch-romanistische Doppelkultur". Faz.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
External links
edit- Harald Weinrich in the German National Library catalogue
- Page at the Collège de France