Klaus Böldl (born 21 February 1964) is a German philologist who specializes in Old Norse studies. Böldl was born in

Passau Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's popu ...

and studied

Nordic philology Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies, mainly in the United States and Germany, that primarily focuses on the Scandinavian languages (also known as North Germanic languages) and cultural studies pertaining to ...

German philology German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and

comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

at the universities of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

and

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Böldl received his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

in philology at Munich in 1999, where he completed his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in 2005. Since 2007, Böldl has been Professor of Scandinavian Medieval Studies at the Nordic Institute of the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

. Böldl is a member of the

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to s ...

. He is a recipient of many awards, including the

Toucan Prize The Toucan Prize (german: Tukan-Preis) is a literary prize given by the city of Munich to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros. Recipients *1965 Paul Mommertz, Georg Schwarz ...

(1997), the

Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau is a literary prize of Hesse. The prize, awarded by the City of Hanau, honors the Brothers Grimm, who were both born in Hanau. The prize is endowed with €10,000 and has been awarded since 1983. The ceremo ...

(2003), the

Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis The Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany in honour of German-born Swiss writer, poet and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. The award is presented in Karlsruhe. The prize sum is 15,000 Euros. Previous winners include Martin ...

(2003) and the (2013).

Selected works

* ''Studie in Kristallbildung''. Frankfurt am Main, 1997. . * (Translator) ''Die Saga von den Leuten auf Eyr''. München, 1999. (= Eyrbyggja saga) . * ''Südlich von

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''. Frankfurt am Main, 2000. . * ''Der Mythos der

Edda "Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an Old Norse term that has been attributed by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the ''Prose Edda'' and an older collection of poem ...

''. Tübingen . a. 2000. . * ''Die fernen Inseln''. Frankfurt am Main, 2003. . (über die Färöer und

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) * (Co-editor with Uwe Englert) ''Vereinzelt Schneefall. Neue Texte aus Skandinavien'', in:

Neue Rundschau The ''Neue Rundschau'', formerly ''Die neue Rundschau'' (), founded in 1890, is a quarterly German literary magazine that appears in the S. Fischer Verlag. With its over 100 years of continuous history, it is one of the oldest cultural publicati ...

Jhg. 115, Heft 3. Frankfurt am Main, 2004. . * (Co-editor with Miriam Kauko) ''Kontinuität in der Kritik. Historische und aktuelle Perspektiven der Skandinavistik''. Freiburg, 2005. . * ''Drei Flüsse''. Frankfurt am Main, 2006. . * ''Der nächtliche Lehrer''. Frankfurt am Main, 2010. . * (Editor) ''Isländersagas'', S.Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011 . * ''Götter und Mythen des Nordens. Ein Handbuch''. Verlag C. H. Beck, München 2013, . * ''Der Atem der Vögel''. Frankfurt am Main, 2017. .

References

1964 births People from Passau Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the University of Kiel German male non-fiction writers German philologists Germanic studies scholars Living people Old Norse studies scholars Scandinavian studies scholars Translators from Old Norse Writers on Germanic paganism {{Philologist-stub

Selected works

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