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Claudio Magris (born 10 April 1939) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. He was a senator for Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1996.

Claudio Magris
Claudio Magris in 2009
Born	(1939-04-10) 10 April 1939 (age 83) Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation	Scholar, translator and writer
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Turin
Period	1963–present
Notable works	Danubio Microcosmi

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 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 E.T.A. Hoffmann, Henrik Ibsen, Italo Svevo, Robert Musil, Hermann Hesse and Jorge Luis Borges.[3] 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.[4] 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 colorful, rich canvas of the multicultural European history.

Decorations and awards

Honorary doctorates

• 1991: University of Strasbourg[1]
• 1993: University of Copenhagen[12]
• 1995: University of Klagenfurt[1]
• 1999: University of Szeged[12]
• 2011: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)[13]
• 2011: University of Barcelona[14]
• 2014: University of Murcia[15]
• 2014: West University of Timisoara[16]
• 2017: Free University of Berlin[17]
• 2018: University of Regensburg[18]

Memberships

• 2001: Academy of the Arts, Berlin, Section Literatur[12]
• Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt[12]
• Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich[12]
• Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz[12]
• Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien[12]
• Accademia delle scienze di Turino[12]
• Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen[12]

Works

• Illazioni su una sciabola (1984; translated as Inferences from a Sabre, ISBN 0-7486-6036-4),
• Danubio (1986; translated as Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea, ISBN 0-00-272074-4),
• Stadelmann (1988),
• Un altro mare (1991; translated as A Different Sea, ISBN 0-00-271339-X)
• Microcosmi (1997; translated as Microcosms, ISBN 1-86046-618-4).
• Alla cieca (2006; translated as Blindly, ISBN 978-0-670-06856-2).
• Non luogo a procedere (2015; translated as Blameless, ISBN 978-88-11-68917-1).

References

Further reading

• Pireddu, Nicoletta. (2015) The Works of Claudio Magris: Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-49262-3
• ---, (2012) "On the Threshold, Always Homeward Bound: Claudio Magris's European Journey." The Journal of European Studies 42 (4): 333–341.
• Schümer, Dirk (3 January 2018). ""Einige Wahrnehmungen sind mir nur auf Deutsch möglich"". Die Welt (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
• Wampole, Christy. (2014) "'Cyberia, Syberia...': Clones, Virtual Spaces, and Cyber-Selves in Claudio Magris' Alla cieca." MLN 129(1): 162–179.

External links

• Claudio Magris, écrivain de frontière contre l'indifférence (on Swans Commentary) (in French)
• Nicoletta Pireddu, The Works of Claudio Magris. Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders (Palgrave, 2015)

На других языках

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[de] Claudio Magris

Claudio Magris (* 10. April 1939 in Triest) ist ein italienischer Schriftsteller, Germanist und Übersetzer. Von 1978 bis zu seiner Emeritierung 2006[1] war er Professor für moderne deutschsprachige Literatur an der Universität Triest.

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- [en] Claudio Magris

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[ru] Магрис, Клаудио

Клаудио Магрис (итал. Claudio Magris, 10 апреля 1939, Триест) — итальянский писатель, журналист, эссеист, исследователь австрийской и немецкой культуры.

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