Rudolf Simek

Rudolf Simek (born on 21 February 1954 in Eisenstadt, Burgenland) is an Austrian Germanist and Philologian.

Simek studied German literature, history, philosophy and Catholic theology in the University of Vienna. Then he became a librarian and a docent there. He taught among others in the universities of Edinburgh, Tromsø and Sydney. Since 1995 he is a Professor of German studies at the University of Bonn. Rudolf Simek is the editor-in-chief of "Studia Midievalia Septentrionalia".

Works

Rudolf Simek has translated in German 5 volumes of Norse sagas. He also has written numerous articles for journals and a number of books on the history of Germanic peoples, the Viking Age and Germanic mythology. The most important of them are:

* "Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie", Stuttgart, Kröner, 1984 ISBN 3-520-36801-3 (was translated in English, French and Icelandic)
* "Lexikon der altnordischen Literatur" (with Hermann Pálsson), Stuttgart, Kröner, 1987 ISBN 3-520-49001-3
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=QfAfXMHLCfcC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de "Altnordische Kosmographie. Studien und Quellen zu Weltbild und Weltbeschreibung in Norwegen und Island vom 12. bis zum 14. Jahrhundert"] , Berlin/New York, de Gruyter, 1990 (Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. Ergänzungsbände, Bd. 4) ISBN 3-11-012181-6
* "Erde und Kosmos im Mittelalter". München, C.H. Beck, 1992. ISBN 3-406-35863-2
* "Die Wikinger", München, C.H. Beck,1998 ISBN 3-406-41881-3 (was translated in Spanish)
* "Religion und Mythologie der Germanen", Stuttgart, Theiss 2003 ISBN: 3-8062-1821-8
* "Götter und Kulte der Germanen", München, C.H.Beck, 2004 ISBN 3-406-50835-9
* "Runes, Magic and Religion: A Sourcebook" (with John McKinnel und Klaus Düwel), Wien, Fassbaender, 2004 ISBN 978-3900538811
* "Mittelerde — Tolkien und die germanische Mythologie", München, C.H.Beck, 2005 ISBN 3-406-52837-6
* "Der Glaube der Germanen", Limburg und Kevelaer, Lahn-Verlag, 2005 ISBN 3-7867-8495-7
* "Die Germanen", Stuttgart, Reclam, 2006. ISBN 3-15-017051-6

External links

* [http://www.skandinavistik.uni-bonn.de/simek.html Page of Rudolf Simek at the Scandinavian studies chair of University of Bonn]
* [http://www.germanistik.uni-bonn.de/content/lehrende/dozenten?doz_id=65 Page of Rudolf Simek at the Institute for German studies of University of Bonn]
* [http://www.skandinavistik.uni-bonn.de/simek_pub.html List of publications]