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Herbert Hunger (9 December 1914 – 9 July 2000) was an Austrian Byzantinist.

Herbert Hunger

Hunger was born and died in Vienna. From 1973 to 1982 he served two consecutive terms as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Literary works edit

Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie (Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology), 1953, (8th edition 1988)
Reich der Neuen Mitte, 1965
Byzantinische Grundlagenforschung, 1973
Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 Vols., 1978
Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz: Die byzantinische Buchkultur, 1989
Das Denken am Leitseil der Sprache, 1999

Decorations and awards edit

Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1968: Wilhelm Hartel Prize
1979: City of Vienna Prize for Humanities
1980: elected to the American Philosophical Society^[1]
1981: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna

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^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-06-15.

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