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Ulrich Marzolph

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Notable figure b. 1953 · Source: Ulrich Marzolph, The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia, project page (Göttingen) · Second source: Library of Congress Name Authority File n80073155: Marzolph, Ulrich (b. 1953)

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Folk narrative; The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia (2004)

Biography

A professor at Göttingen, he sat on the board of the Enzyklopädie des Märchens (1986–2015). He studied the humorous anecdotes of early adab literature and their spread across traditions in Arabia ridens (Frankfurt, 1992, 2 vols). With Richard van Leeuwen he edited The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia (2004), and he compiled a bibliography of the Nights.