Anna Maria van Erp Taalman Kip

Anna Maria van Erp Taalman Kip
Born
Anna Maria van Erp Taalman Kip

(1935-09-13)13 September 1935
Died21 November 2016(2016-11-21) (aged 81)
OccupationProfessor of Ancient Greek
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
ThesisAgamemnon in epos en tragedie: de persoonsuitbeelding als component van het epische en dramatische werk (1971)
Jan Coenraad Kamerbeek
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-discipline
Ancient Greek literature
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam

Anna Maria van Erp Taalman Kip (13 September 1935 โ€“ 21 November 2016) was a Dutch classical scholar, known for her work on Greek tragedy.

Biography

Van Erp Taalman Kip was born in Arnhem on 21 November 1935.[1][2][3] She studied at the University of Amsterdam, passing her doctoraal examination in 1961.[4] She then taught at the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam and the Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem. She obtained her doctorate at the University of Amsterdam in 1971, with a thesis on the portrayal of Agamemnon in Greek epic and tragedy, written under the supervision of Jan Coenraad Kamerbeek.[4][3]

She was then appointed as a research fellow at the University of Amsterdam.[4] She served as Professor of Greek from 1996 to 2000, in succession to Jan Maarten Bremer.[4][3][5]

She died in Amsterdam on 21 November 2016.[2][4]

Selected publications

Monographs

  • van Erp Taalman Kip, A. M. (1971). Agamemnon in epos en tragedie. De persoonsuitbeelding als component van het epische en dramatische werk. Van Gorcum. ISBN 9789023208839.
  • van Erp Taalman Kip, A. M. (1990). Reader and Spectator: Problems in the Interpretation of Greek Tragedy. J.C. Gieben. ISBN 9789050630559.

Editions of ancient texts

  • Bremer, Jan Maarten; van Erp Taalman Kip, A. M.; Slings, S. (1987). Some Recently Found Greek Poems. Brill. ISBN 9789004083196.

References

  1. โ†‘ "Erp Taalman Kip, A. Maria van (Anna Maria), 1935-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Marietje van Erp Taalman Kip". Online Familieberichten. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Klooster, Jacqueline (9 December 2016). "Griekse tragedies, een zaak van levensbelang". NRC. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "prof. dr. A.M. van Erp Taalman Kip, 1935". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. โ†‘ "prof. dr. J.M. Bremer, 1932 - 2023". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 21 April 2026.