Alfred Clemens Baumgartner
Alfred Clemens Baumgärtner (born July 16, 1928 in Wiesbaden ; † 2009 ) was a German literary scholar and author of young books .
Life
Baumgärtner studied English and German at the University of Mainz , where he also received his doctorate. He then worked as a secondary school teacher in Hessen. Then he became a lecturer at the PH Esslingen . At the age of 37, he received an extraordinary professorship at the University of Giessen . At the end of the 1960s he switched to a professorship at the University of Frankfurt , then to the University of Würzburg . From 1972 to 1995 he held the chair for didactics of German language and literature at the Institute for German Philology. It was here that he acquired his academic reputation as a reading and reader researcher and as a specialist in children's and youth literature.
From 1976 to 1986 he was President of the Volkacher Academy for Children's and Young People's Literature . In addition to many other honors, he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 1987 .
He has also published short stories and novels for young readers, e.g. B. "When the wolves come ...", "Beyond the mountains", "In the thicket", "The freedom of the Condor".
Fonts (selection)
- Children's and youth literature - a lexicon , loose-leaf collection, founded by AC Baumgärtner and Heinrich Pleticha , Meitingen from 1995 to 2015
- Language lives . Reading book for the Bavarian elementary school, Munich: Oldenbourg, 1989 (textbook)
- Franco-German relations in youth literature and folk poetry , Würzburg: Königshausen and Neumann, 1992 (with Theodor Brüggemann and others)
- Didactics of the kindergarten , ed. by Elsegret Pflug. With contribution from Alfred C. Baumgärtner. Freiburg im Breisgau u. a .: Herder, 1988
- Myths, fairy tales and modern times: Contributions to children's and youth literature, Würzburg: Königshausen and Neumann 1987, ISBN 978-3-88479-271-1 .
- Folk tradition and youth literature , (Ed.), Würzburg: Königshausen and Neumann, 1983, ISBN 978-3-88479-106-6
- Ballad and narrative poem in class: dealing with texts in d. School , Munich: List, 1979
- Youth literature in class. 14 lesson preparations . (Eds.): Weinheim and Basel 1972.
Youth books
- When the wolves come ... : With materials (reading books for literature lessons), Klett, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-12-262090-5
- Milan's decision , Würzburg: Arena, 1989, ISBN 978-3-401-03996-1
literature
- Adventure book: Festschrift for Alfred Clemens Baumgärtner on the completion of his 65th year of life . 20 original articles by colleagues on the adventure book and literature didactics; with a bibliography of the school books, the academic and literary works of the honoree as well as the printing of his lecture "Follow the dream ..." / Otto Schober (ed.), Kamp, Bochum 1993
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumgartner, Alfred Clemens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and author of young books |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2009 |