Astrid van Nahl (born 1951) is a German philologist, writer, and editor who specializes in Scandinavian studies

Biography

Astrid van Nahl was born in

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, Germany in 1951. She received her

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Old Norse literature Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian people up to c. 1350. It mainly consists of Icelandic writings. In Britain From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Vikings and Norse settlers and their descendants colon ...

at the

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in 1980 under the supervision of Heinrich Beck. She subsequently worked as a research assistant at numerous universities, eventually becoming Lecturer at the University of Bonn. She is also a researcher at the

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. van Nahl is closely associated with the

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, and a contributor of several articles to the ''

Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them. The first ...

''. van Nahl was involved with the establishment of the ''

Germanische Altertumskunde Online ''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them. The first ...

''. She is a chief editor at

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and the founder and editor of the magazine '.

Selected works

* ''Originale Riddarasögur als Teil altnordischer Sagaliteratur''. Dissertation an der Philos. Fak. der Uni Bonn 1980. Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main – Bern 1981, . * ''Sprachführer Isländisch''. Zusammen mit Ríta Duppler. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1995, . * ''Einführung in die Rezensionsarbeit am PC''. Zusammen mit Jan van Nahl. Materialien Jugendliteratur und Medien, H. 45.

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, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jugendliteratur und Medien, Überlingen 2002 * ''Einführung in das Altisländische''. Ein Lehr- und Lesebuch. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2003, . * ''Langenscheidts Praktisches Lehrbuch Isländisch''. Ein Standardwerk für Anfänger. Zusammen mit Ríta Duppler. Langenscheidt Verlag, Berlin u. a. 2010 (11. Auflage), . * ''Isländisch – Ein Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene.'' Zusammen mit Ríta Duppler. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ; 2. überarbeitete Aufl. 2015, . * ''Einführung in das Altisländische''. Ein Lehr- und Lesebuch. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2014 (2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage), . * ''Sprachreiseführer Isländisch''. Zusammen mit Jan Alexander van Nahl. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2017, . * ''Die Frau, der Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl.'' Erste Biographie über

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, Darmstadt 2019. . *''Skandinavistische Mediävistik. Einführung in die altwestnordische Sprach- und Literaturgeschichte''. Zusammen mit Jan Alexander van Nahl. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2019, .

References

1951 births German non-fiction writers German philologists Germanic studies scholars Living people Old Norse studies scholars University of Bonn alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn {{Philologist-stub