Claudio Magris
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Claudio Magris ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 10 April 1939) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. He was a senator for Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1996.
LifeEdit
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.<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst" />
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.<ref name="Greiner">Template:Cite news</ref>
Magris is a member of several European academies and served as a senator in the Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996.<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst" />
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 E.T.A. Hoffmann, Henrik Ibsen, Italo Svevo, Robert Musil, Hermann Hesse and Jorge Luis Borges.<ref name="Altwegg" /> 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 magnum opus.<ref name="Soboczynski">Template:Cite news</ref> In this book (said by the author to be a "drowned novel"), Magris tracks the course of the Danube from its sources to the sea. The whole trip evolves into a colourful, rich canvas of the multicultural European history.
Decorations and awardsEdit
- 1980: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1987: Bagutta Prize for Danubio
- 1990: French Award for Best Foreign Book (essays) for Danubio
- 1992: Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst" />
- 1994: Gold Medal of Honour of the City of Vienna<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst" />
- 1997: Strega Prize for Microcosmi<ref name="Britannica">Template:Britannica</ref>
- 2000: Würth Prize for European Literature
- 2001: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2001: Erasmus Prize<ref name="Praemium Erasmianum Foundation 2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2001: Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding (Grand Prize)<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2001: Member of the Academy of Arts Berlin
- 2004: Prince of Asturias Award for Literature<ref name="Britannica" />
- 2006: Austrian State Prize for European Literature
- 2008: Walter Hallstein Prize<ref name="Altwegg">Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2009: Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels<ref name="Mainz 2015" />
- 2009: Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
- 2009: Prix Jean Monnet European Literature
- 2009: Vilenica Prize – Slovenian international literature prize for Central European authors
- 2009: Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain
- 2012: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 2012: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany<ref name="Mainz 2015" />
- 2014: FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages
- 2015: Pour le Mérite<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2015: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany<ref name="www.bundespraesident.de 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2016: Franz Kafka Prize<ref name="Mainz 2016">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2019: Thomas Mann Prize<ref name="Mainz 2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Honorary doctoratesEdit
- 1991: University of Strasbourg<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst" />
- 1993: University of Copenhagen<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- 1995: University of Klagenfurt<ref name="Kurien der Wissenschaft und Kunst" />
- 1999: University of Szeged<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- 2011: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)<ref name="KU Leuven 2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2011: University of Barcelona<ref name="Universitat de Barcelona 2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2014: University of Murcia<ref name="Universidad de Murcia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2014: West University of Timisoara<ref name="Universitatea de Vest Timisoara">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2017: Free University of Berlin<ref name="Freie Universität Berlin 2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2018: University of Regensburg<ref name="Glaser">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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MembershipsEdit
- 2001: Academy of the Arts, Berlin, Section Literatur<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- Accademia delle scienze di Turino<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
- Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin" />
WorksEdit
- Illazioni su una sciabola (1984; translated as Inferences from a Sabre, Template:ISBN),
- Danubio (1986; translated as Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea, Template:ISBN),
- Stadelmann (1988),
- Un altro mare (1991; translated as A Different Sea, Template:ISBN)
- Microcosmi (1997; translated as Microcosms, Template:ISBN).
- Alla cieca (2006; translated as Blindly, Template:ISBN).
- Non luogo a procedere (2015; translated as Blameless, Template:ISBN).
- Tiempo curvo a Krems (2019).
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Pireddu, Nicoletta. (2015) The Works of Claudio Magris: Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Template:ISBN
- ---. (2012) "On the Threshold, Always Homeward Bound: Claudio Magris's European Journey." The Journal of European Studies 42 (4): 333–341.
- ---. (2022) Guest Editor, Claudio Magris and the Quest for Europe. Special Issue, The European Legacy 27 (7-8), 2022.
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- Wampole, Christy. (2014) "'Cyberia, Syberia...': Clones, Virtual Spaces, and Cyber-Selves in Claudio Magris' Alla cieca." MLN 129(1): 162–179.
External linksEdit
- Claudio Magris, écrivain de frontière contre l'indifférence (on Swans Commentary) Template:In lang
- Nicoletta Pireddu, The Works of Claudio Magris. Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders (Palgrave, 2015)
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