Peter Heller (Germanist)
Peter Heller (born January 11, 1920 in Vienna ; † November 7, 1998 in Williamsville ) was an American German scholar of Austrian origin.
Life
In 1951 he received his doctorate with the dissertation Ideology of Six German Authors 1918-1933 . From 1951 to 1954 he was a teacher at Harvard University . In 1956 he became an associate ( full from 1959) professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . From 1968 to 1991 he taught as Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo .
Fonts (selection)
- Studies on Nietzsche . Bonn 1980, ISBN 3-416-01602-5 .
- An analysis of children by Anna Freud (1929–1932) . Würzburg 1983, ISBN 3-88479-074-9 .
- In transit. Prose and verse in German and English . Berlin 1996, ISBN 0-8204-2841-8 .
- The young Kanitz and other stories . Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-901602-05-4 .
literature
- as editors Hans Schulte and David Richards: Crisis & culture in post-Enlightenment Germany. Essays in honor of Peter Heller . London 1993, ISBN 0-8191-8639-2 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heller, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American German studies scholar of Austrian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1998 |
| Place of death | Williamsville |