Dégh, Linda

LC control no.	n 79139105
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dégh, Linda *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Hungary United States
Birth date	1920-03-18
Death date	2014-08-19
Place of birth	Budapest (Hungary)
Place of death	Bloomington (Ind.)
Field of activity	Legends Identity (Philosophical concept)
Affiliation	Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Indiana University. Folklore Institute Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
Profession or occupation	Authors Editors College teachers Folklorists
Found in	Her A szabadságharc népköltészete, 1952. Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 3/18/20) NSZL in VIAF, January 12, 2016 (hdg.: Dégh, Linda 1920- ; folklorist) Wikipedia.com, viewed 8 Apr. 2022 (Linda Dégh; folklorist and professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington; well known for her work with legends, identity, and both rural and urban communities in Europe and North America; applied the concept of ostension to the study of contemporary legends; in 2004, as professor emerita at Indiana University, she was awarded the AFS Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award; born 18 March 1918 in Budapest, Hungry; died in Indiana on 19 August 2014; earned degree from Péter Pázmány University; taught in the folklore department at Eötvös Loránd University before she began teaching at the Folklore Institute of Indiana University, Bloomington in 1965; founder and editor of the journal Indiana Folklore from 1968-1980; published 18 books and wrote over 200 articles and essays) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_D%C3%A9gh> Journal of American Folklore, Spring 2015: page 222 (Linda Dégh; passed away at her home in Bloomington, Indiana on August 19, 2014; born March 18, 1918, in Budapest Hungry; became an Indiana University Distinguished Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology in 1982)
Associated language	hun eng