Lothar Lutze | |
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| Born | (1927-09-07)7 September 1927 |
| Died | 4 March 2015(2015-03-04) (aged 87) Berlin, Germany |
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| Known for | Heidleberg Indology |
| Awards | Padma Shri Tagore Award Dr. George Grierson Award |
Lothar Lutze (7 September 1927 – 4 March 2015) was a German scholar, writer, translator andIndologist. He was the Emeritus Professor of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at theHeidelberg University. He is known for his research on Hindi literature and Indian culture, which prompted many to classify him underHeidelberg Indologists.[1] He is a recipient of theTagore Award and theDr. George Grierson Award of theCentral Hindi Directorate of the Government of India.[2] The Government of India honored him again the fourth highest civilian award of thePadma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian literature.[3]
Lothar Lutze was born in Breslau,Weimar Republic (since 1945Wrocław, Poland) on 7 September 1927.[4] He was a professor at theSouth Asia Institute of theUniversity of Heidelberg from 1965 to 1992[5] after which he served as the Emeritus Professor of the institute. He also headed the Delhi office of the institute during three separate periods.[2] He is credited with several publications on South Asian literature,[6] is regarded by many as a scholar on the South Asia culture.[7]The Other Tagore (co-written byAlokeranjan Dasgupta),[8]Hindi Writing in Post-colonial India,[9]Zwölf Lektionen Hindi: Arbeitsheft Für Anfänger,[10]Linguistic Prospects of the Emergence of an Internal Contact Language for India,[11]Hindi as a Second Language: Patterns and Grammatical Notes,[12]Zur Lyrik Alokeranjan Dasguptas,[13] andFeldarbeit[14] are some of his works. He also had several translations of Hindi works into German language to his credit.[1]
Lutze was honored by theSouth Asia Institute atGoethe-Institut, New Delhi on 7 September 2007 on his 80th birthday where a symposium,A Tribute to Lothar Lutze - Beyond lived Literature, was organized. His life and work has been documented in a book,Tender Ironies: A Tribute to Lothar Lutze, published in 1994.[15] The Government of India honored Lutze with theTagore Award and theCentral Hindi Directorate awarded him theDr. George Grierson Award in 1994. In 2006, the government included him in theRepublic Day Honours list for the civilian award of thePadma Shri for his contributions toHindi literature.[3]
Lutze died on 4 March 2015 at Berlin, at the age of 88.[2]
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