Klaus Böldl

Klaus Böldl
Born	(1964-02-21) 21 February 1964 Passau, Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic philology
Sub-discipline	Old Norse studies
Institutions	University of Kiel
Main interests	Old Norse literature Old Norse religion

Klaus Böldl (born 21 February 1964) is a German philologist who specializes in Old Norse studies. Böldl was born in Passau and studied Nordic philology, German philology and comparative literature at the universities of Munich and Lund University. Böldl received his Ph.D. in philology at Munich in 1999, where he completed his habilitation in 2005. Since 2007, Böld has been Professor of Scandinavian Medieval Studies at the Nordic Institute of the University of Kiel.

Böldl is a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. He is a recipient of many awards, including the Toucan Prize (1997), the Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau (2003), the Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis (2003) and the Friedrich-Hebbel-Preis (2013).

Selected works

• Studie in Kristallbildung. Frankfurt am Main, 1997. ISBN 359622389X.
• (Translator) Die Saga von den Leuten auf Eyr. München, 1999. (= Eyrbyggja saga) ISBN 342401480X.
• Südlich von Abisko. Frankfurt am Main, 2000. ISBN 3596149797.
• Der Mythos der Edda. Tübingen [u. a.], 2000. ISBN 3-772027490.
• Die fernen Inseln. Frankfurt am Main, 2003. ISBN 3100076206. (über die Färöer und Island)
• (Co-editor with Uwe Englert) Vereinzelt Schneefall. Neue Texte aus Skandinavien, in: Neue Rundschau Jhg. 115, Heft 3. Frankfurt am Main, 2004. ISBN 3-108090585.
• (Co-editor with Miriam Kauko) Kontinuität in der Kritik. Historische und aktuelle Perspektiven der Skandinavistik. Freiburg, 2005. ISBN 3-793093794.
• Drei Flüsse. Frankfurt am Main, 2006. ISBN 3100076214.
• Der nächtliche Lehrer. Frankfurt am Main, 2010. ISBN 9783100076274.
• (Editor) Isländersagas, S.Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011 ISBN 978-3-10-007629-8.
• Götter und Mythen des Nordens. Ein Handbuch. Verlag C. H.Beck, München 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65219-6.
• Der Atem der Vögel. Frankfurt am Main, 2017. ISBN 9783103972702.

See also

• Wilhelm Heizmann
• Heinrich Beck
• Rudolf Simek
• Robert Nedoma

Sources

• "Klaus Böldl". Literatur Portal Bayern. Retrieved 23 December 2020.