Claudio Magris

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Claudio Magris
Italian
Alma materUniversity of Turin
Period1963–present
Notable worksDanubio
Microcosmi

Claudio Magris (Italian pronunciation:

from 1994 to 1996.

Life

Magris graduated from the University of Turin, where he studied German studies, and has been a professor of modern German literature at the University of Trieste since 1978.[1]

He is an

essayist and columnist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and for other European journals and newspapers. His numerous studies have helped to promote an awareness in Italy of Central European culture and of the literature of the Habsburg Myth, a concept which he coined in 1963.[2]

Magris is a member of several European academies and served as a senator in the

Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996.[1]

His first book on the Habsburg Myth in modern Austrian literature rediscovered central European literature. His journalistic writings have been collected in Dietro le parole ("Behind Words", 1978) and Itaca e oltre ("Ithaca and Beyond", 1982). He has written essays on

His novels and theatre productions, many translated into several languages, include Illazioni su una sciabola (1984), Danubio (1986), Stadelmann (1988), Un altro mare (1991), and Microcosmi (1997).

His breakthrough was Danubio (1986), which is a

European history
.

Decorations and awards

Honorary doctorates

Memberships

Works

References

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  2. ^ Greiner, Ulrich (12 November 2018). "Wahrhaft, ein Phänomen". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Altwegg, Jürg (10 April 2019). "Der Hellseher von Triest". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ Soboczynski, Adam (26 July 2012). "Heitere Revolution oder Terror?". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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  6. ^ "Claudio Magris". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Michael Stolleis und Claudio Magris werden mit dem Orden "Pour le Mérite" ausgezeichnet". Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz (in German). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Pour le Mérite: Claudio Magris" (PDF). www.orden-pourlemerite.de. 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reisen und Termine / Ordensverleihung zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit". www.bundespraesident.de (in German). 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Ehrendoktorwürde für Christoph Markschies und Franz-Kafka-Preis an Claudio Magris". Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz (in German). 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Thomas Mann Preis 2019 für Akademiemitglied Claudio Magris". Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz (in German). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Magris". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Claudio Magris". KU Leuven. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Honorary doctorate awarded to the writer Claudio Magris". Universitat de Barcelona. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Doctor Honoris Causa. Claudio Magris". Universidad de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Doctor Honoris Causa. Claudio Magris". Universitatea de Vest Timisoara (in Romanian). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Festakt zur Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Claudio Magris durch den Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften der Freien Universität Berlin". Freie Universität Berlin (in German). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  18. ^ Glaser, Christina. "Newsmeldung". Universität Regensburg (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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