# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-simek
# Generated: 2026-09-01T20:17:08.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-simek"
name: "Rudolf Simek"
slug: "rudolf-simek"
description: "Rudolf Simek is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at the University of Bonn. Simek specializes in Germanic studies, and is the author of several notable works on Germanic religion and mythology, Germanic peoples, Vikings, Old Norse literature, and the culture of Medieval Europe."
tagline: "Austrian philologist and Germanist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AT"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1954-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Зимек, Рудольф"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump