Berthold Wiese

Berthold Heinrich Friedrich Wiese (19 December 1859, in Rostock – 3 May 1932, in Halle an der Saale) was a German Romance philologist, who specialized in Italian language and literature.

He studied languages at the University of Berlin, and following a study trip to Italy (1881/82), he received his promotion at Berlin in 1883 (doctoral advisor, Adolf Tobler). In 1884/85 he was a gymnasium teacher in Ludwigslust, then for many years worked as a schoolteacher in Halle an der Saale (1886–1925). In the meantime, he gave lectures at the University of Halle (1889–1925), where in 1914 he received an honorary professorship.^[1] In 1903 he became an honorary member of the American Dante Society of Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[2]

Selected works

• Ueber die Sprache des Tesoretto Brunetto Latino’s, 1883 – On the language of Brunetto Latini.
• Poesie edite ed inedite di Lionardo Giustinani (edition of Leonardo Giustiniani, 1883)
• Neunzehn Lieder Leonardo Giustiniani’s nach den alten Drucken, 1885 – Nineteen songs by Leonardo Giustiniani according to old prints.
• Eine altlombardische Margarethen-Legende, 1890 – An old Lombard Margaret legend.
• Geschichte der italienischen litteratur von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart, 1898 – History of Italian literature from its origins to the present day.
• Kommentar zu Dantes Göttlicher Komödie, 1902 – Commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy.
• Altitalienisches Elementarbuch, 1904 – Early Italian primer.
• Das Ninfale fiesolano Giovanni Boccaccios (edition of Giovanni Boccaccio, 1913)
• Italienischer Sprachführer, Taschenwörterbuch für Reise u. Haus, 1915 – Italian phrasebook; pocket dictionary for travel and home.^[3]

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