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Rotraud Wielandt

روتراود فيلانت

Notable figure b. 1944 · Source: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Humaid, Aʿmal al-mustashriqin al-ʿarabiyya fi al-muʿjam al-ʿarabi: dirasa wa-taqwim (PhD thesis, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 1433 AH), p. 508 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record: Wielandt, Rotraud (1944-)

Field: Lexicography

Affiliation

Arabist; contributor of citations to the WKAS dictionary

Biography

She was professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at the University of Bamberg (1985–2009). The thesis names her among the researchers who worked with Kraemer and his colleagues on the Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache, extracting citations from some of its sources. Most of her research is on modern Qurʾanic exegesis and modern Arabic literature.