Vanasõnatähtede tähtpäevi
Star scholars of paremiology celebrate
Author(s): Arvo KrikmannSubject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: Wolfgang Mieder; 70th jubilee; Matti Kuusi; 100th birth anniversary; Kazys Grigas; 90th birth anniversary; folklorist; paremiologist
Summary/Abstract: On February 17, Wolfgang Mieder, professor at the University of Vermont, a megastar of modern paremiology, folklorist and phraseologist, expert in Germanistics and Medievistics, celebrated his 70th jubilee. March 25 was the 100th birth anniversary of Matti Kuusi, a long-term professor of the University of Helsinki, paremiologist and folklorist of world renown, specialist in Finnish epic poetry and runo songs, literary historian, essayist, writer and public figure. March 1 was the 90th birth anniversary of Kazys Grigas, a merited Lithuanian paremiologist.
Journal: Mäetagused. Hüperajakiri
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 56
- Page Range: 207-208
- Page Count: 2
- Language: Estonian
