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Thomas Bauer

توماس باور

Notable figure b. 1961 · Source: Universität Münster, Cluster Religion und Politik, profile: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer · Second source: Universität Münster, Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, curriculum vitae: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer (b. Nürnberg, 27 Sept. 1961)

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Arabic poetry; Liebe und Liebesdichtung (1998)

Biography

Born in Nuremberg, he studied at Erlangen and taught Arabic at Regensburg, and has been professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at Münster since 2000. He edited the plant book of Abu Hanifa al-Dinawari (1988), studied the structure of pre-Islamic poetry in Altarabische Dichtkunst (1992) and the love poetry of the ninth and tenth centuries in Liebe und Liebesdichtung in der arabischen Welt (1998). He received the Leibniz Prize (2013) for joining text editing to cultural history.