Philipp Witkop
Philipp Witkop (born April 17, 1880 in Kleinenberg , Büren district ; † December 18, 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German literary scholar and from 1910 professor of modern German literature at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Life
Witkop was born the son of a small farmer. In 1882 his family moved to the Ruhr area , where his father took over a grocery store in Gelsenkirchen . Witkop attended the Realgymnasium in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke and the Gymnasium in Essen . From 1898 he studied law and political science in Marburg , Munich , Kiel , Tübingen , Freiburg / Br. and Heidelberg . In 1903 he did his doctorate in Freiburg. rer. pole. After a brief activity at the Arbeiterwohlfahrt in Munich and Berlin , he resumed his studies and from Easter 1905 studied philosophy in Heidelberg. 1907 PhD phil. 1909 Habilitation at the University of Heidelberg (aesthetics and modern German literature). 1909 professor for modern German literary history in Freiburg / Br., Where he died on December 18, 1942.
Bernhard Witkop (1917-2010) was a son of Philipp Witkop and was an internationally influential professor of chemistry.
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Witkop's dissertation dealt with workers' education , which from then on became his main concern. In 1916 he was called up for military service and was the editor of the "War newspaper of the 7th Army" until the end of the First World War.
Witkop took a central position in the war literature . His best-known work, War Letters of German Students , was published from 1918 under the title "War Letters from Fallen Students", saw numerous editions and was translated into other languages. Witkop was one of the first literary scholars to give lectures on Thomas Mann . A lively correspondence developed between the two of them, such as B. also on March 12, 1913, when a man wrote him a letter about his new novella Death in Venice : "I keep hearing applause and even admiration about my novella from every nook and cranny. The direct participation has never been so lively - And so, to my delight, the voices are there that matter. It seems that I once succeeded in something completely - a happy coincidence, as you can see. Once everything is right, it comes together, and the crystal is pure . "
Web links
- Literature by and about Philipp Witkop in the catalog of the German National Library
- Philipp Witkop in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witkop, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kleinenberg , Büren district |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1942 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |