Helmut Schrey
Helmut Schrey (born January 6, 1920 in Odenkirchen ; † July 2, 2012 ) was a German professor of English .
Life
He took part in World War II as an anti-espionage radio operator and then studied English, German , philosophy and theology and received his doctorate in Cologne in 1953 on the English educational reform of 1944 . After that he was a teacher and school radio editor until 1965 , became a professor at the Siegerland University of Education and from 1972 to 1975 was the founding rector of the University of Duisburg , later the University of Duisburg-Essen. He published literary and didactic books; Most of his literary texts were only published after his retirement in 1987. His nonsense verses appeared scattered under the pseudonym August Brüll .
Works (selection)
- 1955: Paul Temple and the Madison case (radio play translation)
- 1970: Didactics of the contemporary English novel. An attempt on the borderline between literary criticism and specialist didactics
- 1984: who deciphers the characters? , Poems
- 1987: General Sawatzki and the Utopia , Roman
- 1994: swan song. Life and science impressions of an old Englishman and late educated citizen , autobiography
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Schrey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Helmut Schrey in the German Digital Library
- Obituary: Former Rector Prof. Dr. Helmut Schrey , press release from the University of Duisburg-Essen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schrey, Helmut |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brüll, August (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German English studies and university rector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odenkirchen near Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 2012 |