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Edition 18 (1981) Winner
Kurt von Fritz
クルト・フォン・フリッツ
Kurt von Fritz
Aliases:
Karl Albert Kurt von Fritz
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1900-08-25 （Metz, France）
- Died
- 1985-07-16 （Feldafing, Germany） age 84
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Rostock, Germany → Oxford, United Kingdom → Portland, USA (Reed College) → New York, USA (Columbia University) → Berlin, Germany (Free University) → Munich, Germany (Ludwig Maximilian University)
Career
- Occupations
- classical philologist, philologist, university professor
- Active Years
- 1926-1968
- Memberships
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (member), Austrian Academy of Sciences (corresponding member), British Academy (corresponding fellow)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Sigmund Freud Prize for Academic Prose | — | — | German Academy for Language and Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung) | 受賞 |
Sigmund Freud Prize for Academic Prose
1981
Organization:
German Academy for Language and Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly, clear academic proselogical writing based on close analysis of classical languages
- Recurring Motifs
- interpretation of ancient Greek literature and philosophytextual criticism and semantic analysis
Legacy
Kurt von Fritz was a prominent German scholar in classical philology. He is noted for refusing the oath of loyalty under the Nazi regime, being dismissed and emigrating, then returning after the war to teach in Germany. He was elected to several academies and received the Sigmund Freud Prize in 1981 for his contributions to academic prose.
Academic Societies
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- British Academy
Trivia
- One of the very few German professors who refused to swear an oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler in 1934; he was dismissed in 1935.
- Taught at institutions in the UK and USA during his exile (Corpus Christi College, Oxford; Reed College; Columbia University).
- Returned to Germany in 1954 and taught at the University of Munich from 1958 until his retirement in 1968.