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Vanasõnatähtede tähtpäevi
Star scholars of paremiology celebrate

Author(s): Arvo Krikmann
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 207-208
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Estonian
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