Herbert Hunger
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Herbert Hunger (9 December 1914 – 9 July 2000) was an Austrian Byzantinist. He was an influential specialist in Byzantine literature, particularly of the secular vein.
Hunger was born and died in Vienna. From 1973 to 1982 he served two consecutive terms as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Literary works
[edit]- Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie (Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology), 1953, (8th edition 1988)
- Reich der Neuen Mitte, 1965
- Byzantinische Grundlagenforschung, 1973
- Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 Vols., 1978
- Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz: Die byzantinische Buchkultur, 1989
- Das Denken am Leitseil der Sprache, 1999
Decorations and awards
[edit]- Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
- Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1968: Wilhelm Hartel Prize
- 1979: City of Vienna Prize for Humanities
- 1980: elected to the American Philosophical Society[1]
- 1981: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna
References
[edit]- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
External links
[edit]- Obituary by Johannes Koder, his student and friend (in German)
- Short biography with picture
- Obituary at Byzantium (Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies) - please scroll down to 2001 obituaries
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Review of 'Festschrift' outlining the history of the Byzantine Institute of the University of Vienna, founded by Herbert Hunger
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 2000 deaths
- 20th-century Austrian historians
- Austrian philologists
- Historical linguists
- Austrian Byzantinists
- Scholars of Medieval Greek
- Writers from Vienna
- Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Grand Commanders of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
- Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Austrian medievalists
- 20th-century philologists
- Scholars of Byzantine literature
- Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Austrian academic biography stubs
- European historian stubs
- Austrian history stubs