Thomas M. Scheerer
Thomas M. Scheerer (born July 30, 1949 in Lübeck ; † August 2, 2009 in Witzenhausen ) was a German Romance studies , Hispanic, literary scholar and linguist.
life and work
Scheerer studied at the University of Cologne and received his doctorate in Bonn in 1973 with the Faculty's award-winning work Textanalytische Studien zur "écriture automatique" (Bonn 1974). After sponsored research stays in Madrid and Barcelona , he completed his habilitation in 1981 as an assistant at the University of Bonn , studying sentimental entertainment novels in Spain. Pedro Mata , Alberto Insúa and José Maria Carretero (Heidelberg 1983).
He made substitute professorships in Heidelberg, Duisburg and Saarbrücken. In 1984 he was appointed professor of Romance literary studies with special attention to Spain and Latin America at the University of Augsburg , where he was also dean (from 1996 to 1998) and prorector (from 2001 to 2005). In 1990 he turned down an offer at the University of Giessen .
Scheerer was chairman of the German Hispanic Association from 1993 to 1995.
Works (selection)
As an author
- Fiction
- Fantasy solutions. Small textbook of pataphysics . 2nd edition CMZ-Verlag, Rheinbach-Merzbach 1983, ISBN 3-922584-04-7 .
- Non-fiction
- Ferdinand de Saussure . Reception and Criticism (Results of Research; Vol. 133). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-534-08129-3 .
- Mario Vargas Llosa . Life and work. An introduction . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-518-38289-6 .
As editor
- A travers la poésie française. Une anthology . Klett, Stuttgart 1985 (2 volumes, together with Walter Eckel).
- Main band. ISBN 3-12-597110-1 .
- Analyzes. ISBN 3-12-597120-9 .
- Reading samples. ISBN 3-12-597130-6 (1 compact cassette).
- BILA. Indice bio-bibliográfico de autores latinoamericanos . University of Augsburg 1991/92 (3 vol.).
- Pablo Diener (Red.): Johann Moritz Rugendas . Pictures from Mexico . Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 1993, ISBN 3-928898-23-X (together with Rudolf Frankenberger; also catalog of the exhibition of the same name in the Augsburg University Library 1993).
- Novels in Spain . Edition Valentina, Frankfurt / M. 2004/09 (2 volumes, together with Thomas Bodenmüller and Axel Schönberger)
- 1975-2000 . 2004, ISBN 3-936132-04-6 (Bibliotheca Romanica et Latina; Vol. 4).
- 1975-2005 . 2009, ISBN 978-3-936132-13-7 (Bibliotheca Romanica et Latina; Vol. 9).
Individual representations
- ↑ illustrated by Peter Kaczmarek.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas M. Scheerer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Thomas M. Scheerer in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Inaugural lecture “La sangre y el papel” in Augsburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheerer, Thomas M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romance philologist, Hispanist, literary and linguist, university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 2009 |
| Place of death | augsburg |