Werner Neuse
Werner Neuse (born August 24, 1899 in Iserlohn ; † December 15, 1986 in New Brunswick , New Jersey ) was a German specialist in German .
Life
Neuse was appointed Associate Professor at Middlebury College (Vermont) in 1932 and full Professor of German Language and Literature there in 1940. He was also director of the German summer school at Middlebury College.
Werner Neuse published on stylistics and modern literature.
Werner Neuse's brother, Kurt Neuse (September 30, 1897 - March 1978), was deputy director of the newly founded Quaker School Eerde from 1934 . He had to give up this function after the invasion of the German Wehrmacht in 1940. However, he stayed with his family in Eerde before moving to the USA in 1946. He became an associate professor at St. Lawrence University in the 1959-60 college year .
Honors
- 1957: GOETHE MEDAL
- 1958: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Honorary citizen of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1950. Berlin: Gruyter, 1950.
- In Memoriam: Werner Neuse (1899–1986) , in: The German Quarterly , Vol. 60, No. 2, spring 1987.
- Lederer Herbert and Seyppel Joachim (eds.): Festschrift for Werner Neuse - Fides ("Friends of the German Summer School") on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the German Summer School at Middlebury College and the retirement of its director . Publishing house Die Diagonale, Berlin, 1967
Individual evidence
- ↑ OGDENSBURG JOURNAL of September 19, 1959
- ↑ GOETHE MEDAL: THE PRIZE WINNERS 1955 - 2015
- ^ List of honorary citizens of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neuse, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iserlohn |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1986 |
| Place of death | New Brunswick (New Jersey) |