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Walther Killy

1917 – 1995

German specialist in literature and philologist

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Lived 1917 – 1995 (aged 78). Walther Killy was a German literary scholar, philologist and university teacher.

Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, as founding rector of the University of Bremen, as visiting scholar at the University of California and Harvard University, and at the University of Bern. He became known as editor of literary encyclopedias, the Killy Literaturlexikon and the Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie.

Life Killy was born in Bonn, the son of the lawyer Three years later, he received his habilitation at the Free University of Berlin (FU) In 1966, he was elected a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.

From 1968 to 1970, he was chairman of the founding committee of the University of Bremen (founding rector).

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Tübingen
Employers
Freie Universität Berlin, University of Bern
Awards
Sigmund Freud Prize; Lower Saxony State Prize

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Walther Killy's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Walther Killy?

German specialist in literature and philologist

When was Walther Killy born?

Walther Killy was born on 26 August 1917 in Bonn.

When did Walther Killy die?

Walther Killy died on 28 December 1995 in Kampen (Sylt).

What was Walther Killy's occupation?

Walther Killy was a literary scholar, philologist and university teacher.

What nationality was Walther Killy?

Walther Killy was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Walther Killy

· Wikidata: Q2547273

· DBpedia: Walther Killy

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