Hans-Joachim Newiger Explained

Hans-Joachim Newiger (1 April 1925 – 26 December 2011) was a German classical philologist.

Life

Born in Königsberg, Newiger was appointed on 21 December 1953 at the University of Kiel[1] with his Dissertation Metaphern und Chorpersonifikationen bei Aristophanes, which was published in 1957 in extended form under the title Metapher und Allegorie. Studien zu Aristophanes[2] (2000 reprint). In 1955/56 he received the . His habilitation was completed in 1968 at the University of Kiel under Hans Diller and with a study of the writing of Gorgias about the non-being.[3] From 1969 to 1971 he was professor of classical philology at the TU Berlin. In 1971 he was appointed to the chair of at the newly founded University of Konstanz which he held until his retirement in 1992 in Bielefeld where he died on 26 December 2011 at the age of 86.

Newiger was one of the leading Aristophanes experts. He was a corresponding member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.

Publications

Literature

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=2VDOBECMcOkC&q=%22Hans-Joachim+Newiger%22+1925 Hans-Joachim Newiger in "Geschichte der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 1665-1965", vol. 5, 2nd edition, Universität Kiel, K. Wachholtz, 1969
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45572203 Metapher und Allegorie : Studien zu Aristophanes
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/title/untersuchungen-zu-gorgias-schrift-uber-das-nichtseiende/oclc/911359585&referer=brief_results_results Untersuchungen zu Gorgias' Schrift : über das Nichtseiendes
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/924763397 Drama und Theater : ausgewählte Schriften zum griechischen Drama
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7328852321 Die Orestie und das Theater

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