Alfred Noe (born January 13, 1953, in Stripfing, Lower

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) is an Austrian professor of Romance studies at the

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Biography

Noe studied Romance philology, philosophy and art history at the

from 1971 to 1980. He obtained a first

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in Romance literatures in1988 and a second habilitation in comparative literature in 1996 at the University of Vienna. In 1998 he was appointed

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at the department of Romance Languages at the University of Vienna. From 2000 to 2002 he was Head of the department of Romance Languages and Deputy head of the same department from 2009 to 2014 He is a translator of libretti for the Konzerthaus, Vienna, the

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and for the

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Areas of interest in research and teaching

* History of books and library history of the Early Modern Period * Social history of literature, mainly concerning the effects of literature on the reader's mentalities * Editions of French and Italian literary works in historic German translations of the Early Modern Period * The Italian libretto in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a particular regard to the establishing and translating of texts for critical editions of baroque music in Austria * The dissemination of literary works in from the Romance language areas into German speaking countries, in particular the oeuvre of the Italian poets laureates at the Imperial court in Austria * The transformative reception of literary traditions as a fundamental concept of the comparative literature in the Early Modern Period

Editorships and memberships

* With Erika Kanduth and Alberto Martino founder of the series ''Wiener Beiträge zu Komparatistik und Romanistik '' (Vienna Contributions to Comparative and Romance Studies) (Publisher: P. Lang, Frankfurt) * Co-editor of the book series ''Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft '' (Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam - Weidler Buchverlag, Berlin) and ''Translatio'' (Weidler Buchverlag, Berlin) * 2012-18 Editor of ''Editionen in der Kritik'' (Weidler Buchverlag, Berlin) * 2003-12 Member of the Commission for Music Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; * Corresponding Member of the Accademia Galileiana in Padua (Italy) * Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the ''Giornale storico della letteratura italiana'' * With Hans-Gert Roloff founder of the working group on the transformative reception of literary traditions in the Early Modern Period * With Hans-Gert Roloff editor of the complete works by

Johann Rist Johann Rist (8 March 1607 – 31 August 1667) was a German poet and dramatist best known for his hymns, which inspired musical settings and have remained in hymnals. Life Rist was born at Ottensen in Holstein-Pinneberg (today Hamburg) on 8 Marc ...

* Director of research projects and editor of the complete dramatic works by

Apostolo Zeno Apostolo Zeno (11 December 1668 in Venice – 11 November 1750 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters. Early life Apostolo Zeno was born in Venice to a colonial branch of the Zeno family, an ancient Venet ...

* President of the Società Dante Alighieri, Vienna

Honors and awards

* 2012 Flaiano prizeFlaiano price winners
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* 2002 Officer of the

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Publications

Publication list of Alfred Noe at the University of Vienna
Noe is the author of monographs, articles in scientific journals and editor of miscellanies on literary and didactic topics.

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