SELTMANN, Friedrich. Stuttgart 21.2.1912 — 3.9.1997. German Indian and South-East Asian Scholar, specialist of Theatre Traditions (especially shadow puppetry). Studied Comparative Religion, Ethnology and Indology at Tübingen, Ph.D. 1960. Based in Stuttgart, in the 1970s and 80s several study travels to India and South-East Asia. In the late 1980s in Stuttgart. Married, at least one daughter. His extensive collection of shadow puppets is in Linden Museum, Stuttgart.
Publications: Diss. Vorislamische Religionsformen im einstigen und heutigen Java. 1960.
– “Schattenspiel in Mysore und Andhra Pradés”, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 127, 1971, 452-489.
– Schatten- und Marionettenspiel in Savantvadi (Süd-Maharastra). 102 p. 146 ill. Wb. 1985.
– Schattenspiel in Kerala: Sakrales Theater in Süd-Indien. 134 p. 44 pl. Wb. 1986.
– Schattenspiel in Karṇâṭaka: Süd-Indien. 1-2. 320+69 p. 507 ill. St. 1993.
– Much on Indonesian traditional theatre, etc.
Sources: sammlung-digital.lindenmuseum.de
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