Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow

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Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow (born February 24, 1928 in Rendsburg ; † April 3, 2013 in Seligenstadt ) was a German literary scholar .

Life

He was professor emeritus at the Institute for German Language and Literature II at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . Wuthenow was a comparator. In his work he dealt with German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese literature.

He was for his services in the promotion of cultural relations between Japan and Germany 3 November 2008 (the "Culture Day" in Japan) of Emperor Akihito awarded " Order of the Rising Sun , Gold Rays, with ribbon" (Jap. Kyokujitsu chûjushô) awarded.

Fonts (selection)

  • ETA Hoffmann: The uncanny guest and other fantastic stories , as publisher, Insel Taschenbuch 245, 2nd edition, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-458-31945-X .
  • Friedrich Nietzsche. Life, writings, testimonies (= Insel-Taschenbuch. 2601). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2000, ISBN 3-458-34301-6 .
  • Diderot for introduction (= introduction. 102). Junius, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-88506-902-4 .
  • Paul Valéry for introduction (= introduction. 159). Junius, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-88506-959-8 .
  • Truths about man. Moralistics and aphorism in Europe (= Frankfurt contributions to German studies. 56). Edited and provided with a foreword by Friedrich Wolfzettel. Winter, Heidelberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8253-6595-0 .

literature

  • Carola Hilmes, Dietrich Mathy, Hans Joachim (eds.): Skepticism or playing with doubt. Festschrift for Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow on his 65th birthday. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 1994, ISBN 3-88479-860-X .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heiner Boehncke : He drew from the foreign for his own. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 8, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Wuthenow, Ralph-Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Rendsburg
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2013
Place of death Seligenstadt