# Walter Puchner

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Walter Puchner Born (1947-05-12) 12 May 1947 (age 79) Vienna, Austria Academic work Discipline Theatre studies Institutions National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

**Walter Puchner** (born 1947) is an Austrian writer, critic and [university professor](/source/University_professor) on [theatre studies](/source/Theatre_studies). He has made significant work on the theatrology of [Greece](/source/Greece), the greater area of the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean), the [Balkans](/source/Balkans), and [Byzantium](/source/Byzantium), on [folkloristics](/source/Folkloristics) but also on a variety of other subjects concerning the culture of the area with more than 80 books and numerous studies and critiques.[1][2]

## Biography

He was born on 12 May 1947 in [Vienna](/source/Vienna). He studied in the [University of Vienna](/source/University_of_Vienna), from which he obtained a doctorate of philosophy in 1972. In 1977 he was proclaimed [Privatdozent](/source/Privatdozent) of the University of Vienna and since then he resides in Greece, since he married the pediatrician Ariadne Malamitse. He then went on to teaching in the philosophical school of the [University of Crete](/source/University_of_Crete) of which he also became president in 1987 while he was also teaching in the [University of Graz](/source/University_of_Graz). He started teaching in the [University of Athens](/source/University_of_Athens) from 1989, and is now an emeritus there.[1][2]

He has taught in many universities as a visitor, in some as a senior visiting scholar of the US branch of the [Alexander S. Onassis Foundation](/source/Alexander_S._Onassis_Foundation) (Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)).[3]

## Awards and honours

Puchner has received awards and honours in the country of his origin, Austria, as well as in Greece.

- Since 17 May 1994 he is an honorary member of the [Austrian Academy of Sciences](/source/Austrian_Academy_of_Sciences) (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften).[4]

- In 1995 the [Academy of Athens](/source/Academy_of_Athens_(modern)) awarded Puchner with the award of the institute of Kostas and Elene Ourane for his book "Ανιχνεύοντας τη θεατρική παράδοση" ("Detecting the theatrical tradition").[5]

- In 2000 he received the Award of Panagiotis Photeas for socio-political thinking essay for his work "Ο μίτος της Αριάδνης" ("Ariadne's thread").[6]

- In 2001 he received the [Austrian Decoration for Science and Art](/source/Austrian_Decoration_for_Science_and_Art) (Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst).[7][8]

- In his honour was publish a book in 2007 titles "Στέφανος. Τιμητική προσφορά για τον Βάλτερ Πούχνερ" ("Stephen. Honorary contribution for Walter Puchner"), where it is mentioned that he is the theatrologist with most studies in the Greek area, covering a huge thematical area geographically and chronologically (Cretan, Septinsular, Aegean religious but also modern theatre, in the Danubian Principalities, from the [Enlightenment](/source/Age_of_Enlightenment) to the 20th century. It also mentions the subjects published on the folklore, comparative philology and culture of the entirety of the Balkans.[9]

- In 2008 Puchner received the Great Award of Theatre of the Union of Thearticians – Musical Critics for his books "Τα Σούτσεια. Μελέτες στην ελληνική ρομαντική δραματουργία 1830-1850" and "Συμπτώσεις και αναγκαιότητες. Δέκα θεατρολογικά μελετήματα".[10][11]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-filos_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-filos_1-1) ["Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών ΕΚΠΑ – Βάλτερ Πούχνερ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170419074701/http://www.theatre.uoa.gr/didaktiko-dynamiko/omotimoi-ka8hghtes/balter-poyxner.html). *theatre.uoa.gr*. Archived from [the original](http://www.theatre.uoa.gr/didaktiko-dynamiko/omotimoi-ka8hghtes/balter-poyxner.html) on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kapod_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kapod_2-1) ["Επίδοση τιμητικού τόμου στον αναπληρωτή καθηγητή και Προϊστάμενο Γραμματείας του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών κ. Παναγιώτη Κοντό"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140316165147/http://kapodistriako.uoa.gr/stories/110_sy_01/index.php?m=2). *kapodistriako.uoa.gr*. 1 July 2007. Archived from [the original](http://kapodistriako.uoa.gr/stories/110_sy_01/index.php?m=2) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Professor Puchner – Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052445/http://thinktank3.com/onassis/univer.puchner.shtml). *thinktank3.com*. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Walter Puchner"](http://www.oeaw.ac.at/m/puchner-walter/). *oeaw.ac.at*. Αυστριακή Ακαδημία Επιστημών. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Βραβεία Ακαδημίας"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202141/http://www.hyper.gr/makthes/951229/51229d01.html). *[Makedonia](/source/Makedonia_(newspaper))*. 29 December 1995. Archived from [the original](http://www.hyper.gr/makthes/951229/51229d01.html) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Βραβεία Παναγιώτη Φωτέα"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160312072911/http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=RESOURCE&cresrc=3700&cnode=573&cuser==025b2a94-d53c-4726-8d21-5da94293be3f////////). *ekebi.gr*. [ΕΚΕΒΙ](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%95%CE%9A%CE%95%CE%92%CE%99&action=edit&redlink=1). Archived from [the original](http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=RESOURCE&cresrc=3700&cnode=573&cuser==025b2a94-d53c-4726-8d21-5da94293be3f////////) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [".:BiblioNet : Puchner, Walter, 1947–"](http://www.biblionet.gr/author/14594/Puchner,_Walter,_1947-). *biblionet.gr*. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Bundeskanzler Anfragebeantwortung, p. 1419"](https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf) (PDF). *parlament.gv.at*. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Βιβιλάκης, Ιωσήφ (2007). *Στέφανος. Τιμητική προσφορά για τον Βάλτερ Πούχνερ*. Αθήνα: εκδ. Argo. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789608376311](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789608376311).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Βραβεία θεάτρου – μουσικής"](https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?&id=4862965). *[Rizospastis](/source/Rizospastis)*. 16 December 2008. p. 33. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Οι μεγάλοι νικητές των Βραβείων Κουν 2008"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041735/http://www.womenonly.gr/article.asp?catid=37519&subid=2&pubid=1571891&tag=10741). *womenonly.gr*. 11 December 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.womenonly.gr/article.asp?catid=37519&subid=2&pubid=1571891&tag=10741) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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