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Kurt von Fritz

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Kurt von Fritz

別名: Karl Albert Kurt von Fritz

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1900-08-25 (Metz, France)
死没
1985-07-16 (Feldafing, Germany) 84歳
国籍
Germany
言語
German
居住地歴
Rostock, Germany → Oxford, United Kingdom → Portland, USA (Reed College) → New York, USA (Columbia University) → Berlin, Germany (Free University) → Munich, Germany (Ludwig Maximilian University)

経歴

職業
classical philologist, philologist, university professor
活動期間
1926年〜1968年
所属団体
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (member), Austrian Academy of Sciences (corresponding member), British Academy (corresponding fellow)

学歴

受賞歴

Sigmund Freud Prize for Academic Prose
1981
主催: German Academy for Language and Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作風・主題

文体
scholarly, clear academic proselogical writing based on close analysis of classical languages
頻出モチーフ
interpretation of ancient Greek literature and philosophytextual criticism and semantic analysis

評価・遺産

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.

関連学会

  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • British Academy

豆知識

  • 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.