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{{short description|20th-century Bulgarian Shakespeare scholar}}
{{short description|20th-century Bulgarian Shakespeare scholar}}
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| name = Marco Mincoff
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| birth_date = {{birth date |1909|7|15|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Samokov]], Kingdom of Bulgaria
| birth_place = [[Samokov]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|07|10|1909|7|15|df=y}}<ref>{{cite book |author= Sokolova, Boica |chapter= Professor Marco Mincoff (1909 - 1987) |title= Things Supernatural and Causeless: Shakespearean Romance |page= [https://archive.org/details/thingssupernatur0000minc/page/126/mode/2up?view=theater 127] |place= Newark, London and Toronto |publisher= University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses |url= https://archive.org/details/thingssupernatur0000minc/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access= registration|year= 1992 |via= [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|08|01|1909|7|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Sofia]], [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]]
| death_place = [[Sofia]], [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]]
|resting_place = [[Sofia Central Cemetery]]
|resting_place = [[Sofia Central Cemetery]]
|citizenship = [[Bulgaria]]
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| alma_mater = [[Berlin university]]
| alma_mater = [[Sofia University]]<br>[[Berlin University]]
| employer = [[Sofia University]]
| employer = [[Sofia University]]
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| occupation = [[scholar]]<br>[[educator]]
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| thesis_title = Die Bedeutungsentwicklung der ags. Ausdrücke für 'Kraft' und 'Macht' (1933)
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| parents = Constantin Marcoff<br>Elizabeth Marriage
| father = Constantin Mincoff
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| mother = Elizabeth Marriage
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|relatives = Ellen Marriage (aunt)
|children = two daughters
| spouse = Gerda Fredericke Elizabeth Tesche
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'''Marco Constantinov Mincoff''', better known as '''Marco Mincoff''' (1909-1987) was a Bulgarian scholar on [[Shakespeare]] and professor of English Studies at the [[University of Sofia]].
'''Marco Constantinov Mincoff''', better known as '''Marco Mincoff''' (1909-1987) was a Bulgarian scholar on [[Shakespeare]] and professor of English Studies at the [[University of Sofia]].


Marco Mincoff was born on 15 (28) July 1909 in Chamkorya (now [[Samokov]], [[Bulgaria]]) in the family of the Bulgarian diplomat [[:bg: Константин Минков| Constantin Mincoff]] and his English wife Mary [[:de: Elizabeth Mincoff-Marriage]], who was a philologist and folk songs collector of her own right. With a Humboldt grant he completed his doctoral dissertation at the [[University of Berlin]] in 1933.<ref>The work submitted has been written in German and published as a book: Mincoff M., (1933), ''Die Bedeutungsentwicklung der ags. Ausdrücke für 'Kraft' und 'Macht'.'' Leipzig: Mayer & Muller, (Palaestra Bd. 188), 156S.</ref> From 1951 to 1974 he was head of the department of English at the University of Sofia. Over the years, teaching courses in [[grammar]], [[phonetics]], [[Stylistics (linguistics)|stylistics]] and the history of English literature, he wrote various textbooks and monographs. However his main subject was [[English Renaissance]] drama, on which he wrote numerous articles. His work earned him recognition and he became a member of the editorial boards of ''Shakespeare Survey,'' ''[[Shakespeare Quarterly]],'' ''Shakespeare Studies'', and a few other learned journals. In 1966 the [[Shakespeare Institute]] at the [[University of Birmingham]] awarded him an honorary title. A commemorative volume containing some biographical material and facsimile reproductions of twenty five of his papers appeared in 2009 on the occasion of the hundredth year of his birth.<ref>Shurbanov A., [https://eas.uni-sofia.bg/blog/prof-marco-mincoff/ ''A Shakespearean Behind the Curtain''], The European English Messenger, Vol. 23.1 – Summer 2014, pp. 43-49
Marco Mincoff was born on 15 July 1909 [[Old Style|O.S.]] (28 July 1909 [[New Style|N.S.]]) in Chamkorya (now [[Samokov]], [[Bulgaria]]) in the family of the Bulgarian diplomat [[:bg: Константин Минков| Constantin Mincoff]] and his English wife Mary [[:de: Elizabeth Mincoff-Marriage]], who was a philologist and folk songs collector of her own right. With a Humboldt grant he completed his doctoral dissertation at the [[University of Berlin]] in 1933.<ref>The work submitted has been written in German and published as a book: Mincoff M., (1933), ''Die Bedeutungsentwicklung der ags. Ausdrücke für 'Kraft' und 'Macht'.'' Leipzig: Mayer & Muller, (Palaestra Bd. 188), 156S.</ref> From 1951 to 1974 he was head of the department of English at the University of Sofia. Over the years, teaching courses in [[grammar]], [[phonetics]], [[Stylistics (linguistics)|stylistics]] and the history of English literature, he wrote various textbooks and monographs. However his main subject was [[English Renaissance]] drama, on which he wrote numerous articles. His work earned him recognition and he became a member of the editorial boards of ''Shakespeare Survey,'' ''[[Shakespeare Quarterly]],'' ''Shakespeare Studies'', and a few other learned journals. In 1966 the [[Shakespeare Institute]] at the [[University of Birmingham]] awarded him an honorary title. A commemorative volume containing some biographical material and facsimile reproductions of twenty five of his papers appeared in 2009 on the occasion of the hundredth year of his birth.<ref>Shurbanov A., [https://eas.uni-sofia.bg/blog/prof-marco-mincoff/ ''A Shakespearean Behind the Curtain''], The European English Messenger, Vol. 23.1 – Summer 2014, pp. 43-49
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*''Christopher Marlowe: a study of his development'' (Sofia, 1937)
*''Christopher Marlowe: a study of his development'' (Sofia, 1937)
*''Shakespeare: life & works'' (in Bulgarian) (1946; 2nd. ed. Sofia: Rollis Press, 1992)
*''Shakespeare: life & works'' (in Bulgarian) (1946; 2nd. ed. Sofia: Rollis Press, 1992)
* {{cite journal |journal = Годишник на Софийския университет. Историко-филологически факултет/ Annuaire de l'Université de Sofia. Faculté Historico-philologique |title= Baroque Literature in England |volume= 43 |url= http://unilib-dspace.nasledstvo.bg/xmlui/handle/nls/36379 |year= 1947 |pages= 1-71}} repr. in {{cite book |editor1= Limon, Jerzy |editor2= Halio, Jay L. |title= Shakespeare and his contemporaries: Eastern and Central European Studies |url= https://archive.org/details/shakespearehisco0000unse_u8w3/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access= registration |place= Newark, London and Toronto |publisher= University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses |year= 1993 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/shakespearehisco0000unse_u8w3/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater 11-69] |via = [[Internet Archive]]}}
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6vF9BCmwYOkC&dq=marco+mincoff+baroque+literature+in+England&pg=PA11 Baroque Literature in England],'' (1947) repr. in Limon J., and Halio J., ''Shakespeare and his contemporaries'', Associated University Presses, 1993, p.&nbsp;11-69
*''An English Grammar'' (Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1950)
*''An English Grammar'' (Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1950)
*''English Historical Grammar'' (Sofia, 1955)
*''English Historical Grammar'' (Sofia, 1955)
*''An Introduction to English Phonetics'' (1960; 3rd. ed. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1973)
*''An Introduction to English Phonetics'' (1960; 3rd. ed. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1973)
* {{cite book |author= Mincoff, Marco |editor= Muir, Kenneth |editor-link= Kenneth Muir (scholar) |chapter= Shakespeare, Fletcher and Baroque Tragedy |title= Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespearian Study and Production |url=https://archive.org/details/shakespearesurve0000unse_f5t0/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater |place= Cambridge |publisher= Cambridge University Press |year= 1967 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/shakespearesurve0000unse_f5t0/page/n15/mode/2up?view=theater 1]-15 |via= [[Internet Archive]]}}
* {{cite book |author= Mincoff, Marco |editor= Halio, Jay L. |editor-link= |chapter= What Shakespeare Did to ''Rosalynde'' |title= Twentieth Century Interpretations of AS YOU LIKE IT: A Collection of Critical Essays |url= https://archive.org/details/asyoulikeit0000unse_t5m5/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |place= Englewood Cliffs, N.J. |publisher= Prentice Hall |year= 1967 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/asyoulikeit0000unse_t5m5/page/98/mode/2up?view=theater 98]-106 |via= [[Internet Archive]]}}
*''A Study of Style'' (1965; 2nd. ed. Sofia: Pleiada, 1998)
*''A Study of Style'' (1965; 2nd. ed. Sofia: Pleiada, 1998)
*''A History of English Literature Parts I and II'' (1970; 3rd. ed. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1998)
*''A History of English Literature Parts I and II'' (1970; 3rd. ed. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1998)
*''Shakespeare: the first steps'' (Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1976)
*''Shakespeare: the first steps'' (Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1976)
*''Things Supernatural and Causeless'' (1987; 2nd. ed. London & Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1992) {{ISBN|0-87413-456-0}}
* {{cite book |title= Things Supernatural and Causeless: Shakespearean Romance |page= |place= Newark, London and Toronto |publisher= University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses |url= https://archive.org/details/thingssupernatur0000minc/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access= registration |year= 1992 |via= [[Internet Archive]] |ISBN= 0-87413-456-0 |edition= 2nd}}
*''Studies in English Renaissance Drama'' (Sofia University Press, 2009){{ISBN|978-954-07-2977-0}}
*''Studies in English Renaissance Drama'' (Sofia University Press, 2009){{ISBN|978-954-07-2977-0}}


Latest revision as of 22:05, 9 November 2024

Marco Mincoff
Born(1909-07-15)15 July 1909 O.S.
Samokov, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Died10 July 1987(1987-07-10) (aged 77)[1]
Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Resting placeSofia Central Cemetery
CitizenshipBulgaria
Occupation(s)scholar
educator
EmployerSofia University
SpouseGerda Fredericke Elizabeth Tesche
Childrentwo daughters
Parents
  • Constantin Mincoff (father)
  • Elizabeth Marriage (mother)
RelativesEllen Marriage (aunt)
Academic background
Alma materSofia University
Berlin University
ThesisDie Bedeutungsentwicklung der ags. Ausdrücke für 'Kraft' und 'Macht' (1933)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Constantinov and the family name is Mincoff.

Marco Constantinov Mincoff, better known as Marco Mincoff (1909-1987) was a Bulgarian scholar on Shakespeare and professor of English Studies at the University of Sofia.

Marco Mincoff was born on 15 July 1909 O.S. (28 July 1909 N.S.) in Chamkorya (now Samokov, Bulgaria) in the family of the Bulgarian diplomat Constantin Mincoff and his English wife Mary de: Elizabeth Mincoff-Marriage, who was a philologist and folk songs collector of her own right. With a Humboldt grant he completed his doctoral dissertation at the University of Berlin in 1933.[2] From 1951 to 1974 he was head of the department of English at the University of Sofia. Over the years, teaching courses in grammar, phonetics, stylistics and the history of English literature, he wrote various textbooks and monographs. However his main subject was English Renaissance drama, on which he wrote numerous articles. His work earned him recognition and he became a member of the editorial boards of Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare Studies, and a few other learned journals. In 1966 the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham awarded him an honorary title. A commemorative volume containing some biographical material and facsimile reproductions of twenty five of his papers appeared in 2009 on the occasion of the hundredth year of his birth.[3]

Works

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  • Christopher Marlowe: a study of his development (Sofia, 1937)
  • Shakespeare: life & works (in Bulgarian) (1946; 2nd. ed. Sofia: Rollis Press, 1992)
  • "Baroque Literature in England". Годишник на Софийския университет. Историко-филологически факултет/ Annuaire de l'Université de Sofia. Faculté Historico-philologique. 43: 1–71. 1947. repr. in Limon, Jerzy; Halio, Jay L., eds. (1993). Shakespeare and his contemporaries: Eastern and Central European Studies. Newark, London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses. pp. 11-69 – via Internet Archive.
  • An English Grammar (Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1950)
  • English Historical Grammar (Sofia, 1955)
  • An Introduction to English Phonetics (1960; 3rd. ed. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1973)
  • Mincoff, Marco (1967). "Shakespeare, Fletcher and Baroque Tragedy". In Muir, Kenneth (ed.). Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespearian Study and Production. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1-15 – via Internet Archive.
  • Mincoff, Marco (1967). "What Shakespeare Did to Rosalynde". In Halio, Jay L. (ed.). Twentieth Century Interpretations of AS YOU LIKE IT: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. pp. 98-106 – via Internet Archive.
  • A Study of Style (1965; 2nd. ed. Sofia: Pleiada, 1998)
  • A History of English Literature Parts I and II (1970; 3rd. ed. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 1998)
  • Shakespeare: the first steps (Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1976)
  • Things Supernatural and Causeless: Shakespearean Romance (2nd ed.). Newark, London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses. 1992. ISBN 0-87413-456-0 – via Internet Archive.
  • Studies in English Renaissance Drama (Sofia University Press, 2009)ISBN 978-954-07-2977-0

References

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  1. ^ Sokolova, Boica (1992). "Professor Marco Mincoff (1909 - 1987)". Things Supernatural and Causeless: Shakespearean Romance. Newark, London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses. p. 127 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ The work submitted has been written in German and published as a book: Mincoff M., (1933), Die Bedeutungsentwicklung der ags. Ausdrücke für 'Kraft' und 'Macht'. Leipzig: Mayer & Muller, (Palaestra Bd. 188), 156S.
  3. ^ Shurbanov A., A Shakespearean Behind the Curtain, The European English Messenger, Vol. 23.1 – Summer 2014, pp. 43-49
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