As a child in Berlin, Klaus Mylius experienced the Allied bombing raids that caused his Mylius family to lose their home three times.[1] In 1945, the year of the war, he was evacuated to Siegersleben (Magdeburger Börde). He then worked as a farm labourer and newspaper carrier until 1948. From 1946 to 1948 he completed a commercial apprenticeship in the Siegersleben goods distribution company. From 1948 to 1952 he took on functions within the SED, FDJ and DSF. Mylius then headed the central school for projectionists of the State Committee for Film in Halle (Saale) until 1953. From 1953 to 1955 he was a lecturer at the adult education centre of the city of Halle (Saale).
In 1954, Klaus Mylius passed a special maturity examination at the then Workers' and Peasants' Faculty (ABF) of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). From 1954 to 1958 he studied geography at the Institute of Geography (Director: Rudolf Käubler) and from 1957 to 1961 Indology at the Institute of Indology (Director: Karl Ammer) at Halle University. Here Mylius was awarded a doctorate in geography in 1962 with a dissertation on the economic geography of Pakistan (examiners: Rudolf Käubler and Karl Ammer). In 1964, he was awarded his second doctorate in Indology on the subject of The social conditions of India after the Śatapatha Brāhmana (German: Die gesellschaftlichen Zustände Indiens nach dem Śatapatha-Brāhmana) (examiner: Karl Ammer).
Mylius habilitated at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig in 1968 with a thesis on India in Middle Vedic times presented according to Sanskrit sources (reviewers: Karl Ammer, Rigobert Günther and Walter Markov).
From 1970 to 1976, he worked at the University of Leipzig as a university lecturer in Sanskrit philology in the African and Middle Eastern Studies Section (Section Director: Gert Kück). In 1976 he became associate professor for Sanskrit and Indian antiquity here and continued to head the department of Ancient Oriental Studies. He was also a party group organiser (PO) of his party group in the SED here for a time.[2] As an unofficial collaborator, Mylius was also active for the Ministry for State Security.[3]
After the reunification of Germany, Mylius, who is emeritus professor in Leipzig, took on a teaching position from 1990 to 1994 at the University of Bayreuth, Institute for Religious Studies (Director: Ulrich Berner). Since 1996 he has been a lecturer in Sanskrit, first at the Institute for Philosophy (Director: Wilhelm K. Essler), then at the Institute for Empirical Linguistics (Director: Jost Gippert) at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.[4]
Klaus Mylius is an internationally recognised Indologist who represents his special field of Sanskrit and Indian antiquity.[5] He continues to realise and publish new book projects in this field to the present day (2018).[6]
His first marriage was to Karin Mylius, who died in 1986. He had a son and a daughter from this marriage. Mylius has been married again since 1989. He lives in Gottenheim near Freiburg im Breisgau.[7]
Academy membershipEdit
1986-1992: full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (philological-historical class)
1992-1994: corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (resigned 1994)[8]
since 1996: elected member of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Class for Social Sciences and Humanities)[9]
since 2004: full member of the Berlin Scientific Society[10]
AwardsEdit
1985: Friedrich Weller Prize of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig.
2000: Rabindranath Tagore Literature Prize of the Indo-German Society; awarded in equal parts to Klaus Mylius and Hans Wolfgang Schumann[11] (the prize to Mylius was not presented due to political considerations of the chairman Hans-Georg Wieck).[12]
2007: United Cultural Convention of the United States of America in connection with the United Nations in New York[13][14]
2009: Inclusion of the biography in the ABI publication 500 Greatest Geniuses of the 21st Century
Klaus Mylius is a member of the American Biographical Institute (ABI), a Fellow of the American Biographical Institute (F.A.B.I.), an American Medal of Honor of the ABI and an International Peace Prize.
WorksEdit
Klaus Mylius has published more than 25 books of his own and continues to be involved in almost 50 books, each of which reached several, sometimes up to 5 editions. In addition, there are about 450 scientific articles and reviews.
Śaurasenī – Grammatik und Glossar. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-447-11130-0.
LiteratureEdit
Lars Göhler (Hrsg.): Indische Kultur im Kontext – Rituale, Texte und Ideen aus Indien und der Welt. Festschrift für Klaus Mylius zum 75. Geburtstag. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-447-05207-8.
ReferencesEdit
^(PDF). Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2021-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (PDF; 21 kB), Vortrag über die Luftangriffe in Berlin von Klaus Mylius. In: Rebland-Kurier, 30 April 2003.
^Laudatio auf Gudrun Goeseke gehalten von Heidi Bohley anlässlich der Verleihung des Emil-L.-Fackenheim-Preises 15 November 2007 in Halle
^Steffen Könau: Ungewöhnliche Biografie. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung 23 May 2016 (retrieved 5 October 2016).
^Wahrer Kenner des indischen Altertums.Badische Zeitung, 24 August 2005.
^Die Ideen für neue Projekte gehen dem Jubilar nicht aus. Badische Zeitung, 24 August 2015.
^Badische Zeitung. ""Sanskrit ist auch heute für Indien unverzichtbar" - Gottenheim - Badische Zeitung" (in German).
^Klaus Mylius, Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. rer. nat., Website der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, retrieved 15 April 2016.
^Ewiges Mitgliederverzeichnis der Leibniz-Sozietät, Website der Leibniz-Sozietät, retrieved 15 April 2016.
^Einzelansicht: Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Klaus Mylius, Website der Berliner Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, retrieved 15 April 2016.
^Pressemitteilung der DIG zur Jahreshauptversammlung in Baden-Baden vom November 2000. In: Mitteilungsblatt der Deutsch-Indischen Gesellschaft, 3/2000.
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Klaus Albert Robert Curt Mylius born 24 August 1930 in Berlin is a German indologist He was Professor of Sanskrit Studies and Indian Archaeology at the University of Leipzig until 1990 after which he was a lecturer at the universities of Bayreuth and Frankfurt am Main Contents 1 Life 2 Academy membership 3 Awards 4 Works 5 Literature 6 References 7 External linksLife EditAs a child in Berlin Klaus Mylius experienced the Allied bombing raids that caused his Mylius family to lose their home three times 1 In 1945 the year of the war he was evacuated to Siegersleben Magdeburger Borde He then worked as a farm labourer and newspaper carrier until 1948 From 1946 to 1948 he completed a commercial apprenticeship in the Siegersleben goods distribution company From 1948 to 1952 he took on functions within the SED FDJ and DSF Mylius then headed the central school for projectionists of the State Committee for Film in Halle Saale until 1953 From 1953 to 1955 he was a lecturer at the adult education centre of the city of Halle Saale In 1954 Klaus Mylius passed a special maturity examination at the then Workers and Peasants Faculty ABF of the Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg MLU From 1954 to 1958 he studied geography at the Institute of Geography Director Rudolf Kaubler and from 1957 to 1961 Indology at the Institute of Indology Director Karl Ammer at Halle University Here Mylius was awarded a doctorate in geography in 1962 with a dissertation on the economic geography of Pakistan examiners Rudolf Kaubler and Karl Ammer In 1964 he was awarded his second doctorate in Indology on the subject of The social conditions of India after the Satapatha Brahmana German Die gesellschaftlichen Zustande Indiens nach dem Satapatha Brahmana examiner Karl Ammer Mylius habilitated at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig in 1968 with a thesis on India in Middle Vedic times presented according to Sanskrit sources reviewers Karl Ammer Rigobert Gunther and Walter Markov From 1970 to 1976 he worked at the University of Leipzig as a university lecturer in Sanskrit philology in the African and Middle Eastern Studies Section Section Director Gert Kuck In 1976 he became associate professor for Sanskrit and Indian antiquity here and continued to head the department of Ancient Oriental Studies He was also a party group organiser PO of his party group in the SED here for a time 2 As an unofficial collaborator Mylius was also active for the Ministry for State Security 3 After the reunification of Germany Mylius who is emeritus professor in Leipzig took on a teaching position from 1990 to 1994 at the University of Bayreuth Institute for Religious Studies Director Ulrich Berner Since 1996 he has been a lecturer in Sanskrit first at the Institute for Philosophy Director Wilhelm K Essler then at the Institute for Empirical Linguistics Director Jost Gippert at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main 4 Klaus Mylius is an internationally recognised Indologist who represents his special field of Sanskrit and Indian antiquity 5 He continues to realise and publish new book projects in this field to the present day 2018 6 His first marriage was to Karin Mylius who died in 1986 He had a son and a daughter from this marriage Mylius has been married again since 1989 He lives in Gottenheim near Freiburg im Breisgau 7 Academy membership Edit1986 1992 full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig philological historical class 1992 1994 corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig resigned 1994 8 since 1996 elected member of the Leibniz Sozietat der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Class for Social Sciences and Humanities 9 since 2004 full member of the Berlin Scientific Society 10 Awards Edit1985 Friedrich Weller Prize of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig 2000 Rabindranath Tagore Literature Prize of the Indo German Society awarded in equal parts to Klaus Mylius and Hans Wolfgang Schumann 11 the prize to Mylius was not presented due to political considerations of the chairman Hans Georg Wieck 12 2007 United Cultural Convention of the United States of America in connection with the United Nations in New York 13 14 2009 Inclusion of the biography in the ABI publication 500 Greatest Geniuses of the 21st CenturyKlaus Mylius is a member of the American Biographical Institute ABI a Fellow of the American Biographical Institute F A B I an American Medal of Honor of the ABI and an International Peace Prize Works EditKlaus Mylius has published more than 25 books of his own and continues to be involved in almost 50 books each of which reached several sometimes up to 5 editions In addition there are about 450 scientific articles and reviews Literature by and about Klaus Mylius in the German National Library catalogue Das Kamasutra Deutsche Ubersetzung aus dem Sanskrit und eingeleitet von Klaus Mylius Reclam Leipzig 1987 RUB Stuttgart 1999 ISBN 978 3150097816 Geschichte der altindischen Literatur 2 uberarb u erg Auflage Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 2003 zuerst Leipzig 1983 ISBN 3447047720 Sanskrit Deutsch Deutsch Sanskrit Worterbuch Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 2005 ISBN 3 447 05143 4 Sauraseni Grammatik und Glossar Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 2018 ISBN 978 3 447 11130 0 Literature EditLars Gohler Hrsg Indische Kultur im Kontext Rituale Texte und Ideen aus Indien und der Welt Festschrift fur Klaus Mylius zum 75 Geburtstag Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 2005 ISBN 978 3 447 05207 8 References Edit Ein Zeitzeuge berichtet von 1945 PDF Archived from the original on 2016 05 07 Retrieved 2021 11 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link PDF 21 kB Vortrag uber die Luftangriffe in Berlin von Klaus Mylius In Rebland Kurier 30 April 2003 Laudatio auf Gudrun Goeseke gehalten von Heidi Bohley anlasslich der Verleihung des Emil L Fackenheim Preises 15 November 2007 in Halle Steffen Konau Ungewohnliche Biografie In Mitteldeutsche Zeitung 23 May 2016 retrieved 5 October 2016 Goethe Universitat Empirische Sprachwissenschaft Wahrer Kenner des indischen Altertums Badische Zeitung 24 August 2005 Die Ideen fur neue Projekte gehen dem Jubilar nicht aus Badische Zeitung 24 August 2015 Badische Zeitung Sanskrit ist auch heute fur Indien unverzichtbar Gottenheim Badische Zeitung in German Klaus Mylius Prof Dr phil Dr rer nat Website der Sachsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig retrieved 15 April 2016 Ewiges Mitgliederverzeichnis der Leibniz Sozietat Website der Leibniz Sozietat retrieved 15 April 2016 Einzelansicht Prof Dr phil habil Klaus Mylius Website der Berliner Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft retrieved 15 April 2016 Pressemitteilung der DIG zur Jahreshauptversammlung in Baden Baden vom November 2000 In Mitteilungsblatt der Deutsch Indischen Gesellschaft 3 2000 Jochen Reinert Bruckenbauer und andere Friedenspreis fur Klaus Mylius UCC zeichnet Professor aus PDF Archived from the original on 2007 10 22 Retrieved 2021 11 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link PDF 67 kB Badische Zeitung 6 September 2007 External links EditKlaus Mylius s website at the Leipzig University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Klaus Mylius amp oldid 1173012764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
