Heinz Schuster-Šewc (
Sorbian ''Hinc Šewc''; 8 February, 1927 in Purschwitz – 10 February, 2021 in Leipzig) was a German Sorbian
Slavicist
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and university professor.
After studying Slavic studies, he did his PhD and
habilitation
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. From 1964, he was professor for Sorbian Studies and Slavic linguistics as well as director of the Instituts für Sorabistik at
Leipzig University
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.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...
. Since 1988, he has been a member of the
Saxon Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
.
Publications
*Vergleichende historische Lautlehre der Sprache des Albin Moller, Berlin,
Akademie-Verlag, 1958.
*Bibliographie der sorbischen Sprachwissenschaft, Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag, 1966.
*Sorbische Sprachdenkmäler 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert, Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag, 1967.
*Gramatika hornjoserbskeje rěče: Zwjazk. 1: Fonologija, fonetika, morfologija, Budyšin, Nakładnistwo Domowina, 1968 and 1984 (2. vyd.).
*Gramatika hornjoserbskeje rěče: Zwjazk. 2: Syntaksa, Budyšin, Nakładnistwo Domowina, 1976.
*Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache, Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag, 1978–1996. Bd. 1–5.
*Das Sorbische und der Stand seiner Erforschung, Berlin,
Akademie-Verlag, 1991.
*Das Sorbische im slawischen Kontext, Domowina-Verlag, 2000.
*Die ältesten Drucke des Obersorbischen, Bautzen, Domowina-Verlag, 2001.
Footnotes
1927 births
2021 deaths
Sorbian people
Members of the Polish Academy of Learning
Academic staff of Leipzig University
Linguists from Germany
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