Max Pfister Explained

Max Pfister (21 April 1932 in Zürich – 21 October 2017 in Saarbrücken) was a Swiss Romance studies scholar and linguist.^[1]

He is the initiator of the LEI (Lessico etimologico italiano), which deals with Italian and German research of etymology and dialectology of the Italian language, now directed together with Wolfgang Schweickard .

Selected publications

• Pfister, Max: Lessico etimologico italiano, Wiesbaden, Reichert, 1979ff.

Honors

• Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften, Socio corrispondente straniero der Accademia della Crusca
• Premio Galileo Galilei dei Rotary Italiani
• Diploma di 1 Classe con Medaglia d'Oro ai Benemeriti della Cultura e dell'Arte, conferred by the Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 2006

External links

• • Max Pfister
• - Lessico Etimologico Italiano

Notes and References

1. Web site: Addio a Max Pfister . 2017-10-23 . Mangialibri . it . 2017-10-26.