Kurt Flasch

1930 -

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

occupation: philosopher, university teacher, non-fiction writer

award received: Sigmund Freud Prize, Hannah Arendt Prize, Rudolf Meimberg Award, Kuno Fischer Award, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, Tractatus Award, honorary doctor of the University of Lucerne, honorary doctorate of the University of Basel

Kurt Flasch (born 12 March 1930, Mainz) is a German philosopher, who works mainly as a historian of medieval thought and of late antiquity. Flasch was professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. He was / is a member of several German and international Academies. In 2000, he was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Source: Wikipedia (en)