Wolfgang Frühwald

Wolfgang Frühwald (born August 2, 1935 in Augsburg ; † January 18, 2019 ) was a German literary scholar and university professor and president of the German Research Foundation and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1954 at the humanistic grammar school near St. Anna in Augsburg, Wolfgang Frühwald studied German , history , geography and philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich until 1958 . After passing the state examination, he received his doctorate in 1961 . 1969 followed the habilitation in the subject of modern German literature . From 1970 to 1974 Frühwald was a professor at the University of Trier , from 1974 until his retirement in 2003 he was professor for modern German literature at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, where he was Vice Rector in 1989. In the 2003 summer semester, Frühwald was the fourth holder of the Johannes Gutenberg Endowed Professorship at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Frühwald was a member of the Science Council from 1982 to 1987 . From 1992 to 1997 he was President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Bonn. He was actively involved in science policy and in science policy. In the difficult situation after reunification, he was not only responsible for the successful integration of the West and East German research landscape, but also made a significant contribution to the international profile of Germany as a location for science and "thus increased its attractiveness for top international scientists of all career levels". He is therefore considered to be a long-term “point-maker” for German university policy before the turn of the millennium.

Frühwald held numerous, often leading positions in scientific committees. In 1999 Frühwald was one of the founders of the International University Bremen (since 2007: Jacobs University Bremen). From 1999 to 2007 he was President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and was then made Honorary President.

From 2003, Frühwald was a member of the Leopoldina .

Frühwald was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and on October 14, 2007, the laudatory speech for the prize winner Saul Friedländer . From 2009 he was chairman of the jury for the award of the Gerda Henkel Prize for several years .

From 1958, Frühwald was with Viktoria, b. Schwarzkopf, married. The couple had five children and eleven grandchildren and lived in Augsburg, where Wolfgang Frühwald was buried after his death in January 2019.

Works

As a literary scholar, Wolfgang Frühwald was one of the most influential figures in German research on German Romantic and Biedermeier literature in the second half of the 20th century. He gained an international reputation for his publications and editions of works on Clemens Brentano and Adalbert Stifter ; Another research focus was modern and contemporary literature. Frühwald placed particular emphasis on promoting the relationships between intellectual and aesthetic culture. B. invited German-speaking authors to lectures and lecture series in Munich, including Max Frisch and Sten Nadolny .

• The St. Georgen preacher. Spiritual Content Studies . de Gruyter, Berlin 1963, ISBN 978-3-11-000200-3 .
• Clemens Brentano: Letters to Emilie Linder . Gehlen, Cologne 1969.
• Silence and order. Literary language - language of political advertising. Texts - materials - commentary . Hanser, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-446-12198-6 .
• The late work of Clemens Brentano 1815–1842 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1977, ISBN 978-3-48415033-1 .
• The Toller case : commentary and materials . Together with John M. Spalek . Hanser, Munich 1979, ISBN 978-3-446-12691-6 .
• Life in exile. Problems of the Integration of German Refugees Abroad 1933–1945 , ed. with Wolfgang Schieder. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg, 1981, 3-455-09253-5.
• Romantic poems . Reclam, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 978-3-15-008230-0 .
• Eichendorff Chronicle . Hanser, Munich 1985, ISBN 978-3-446-12355-7 .
• Joseph von Eichendorff . Life and work in texts and pictures , published by Franz Heiduk , Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 978-3-45832764-6 .
• Humanities today. A memorandum . Together with Hans Robert Jauß , Reinhart Koselleck , Jürgen Mittelstraß , Burkhart Steinwachs . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 978-3-51828573-2 .
• Peter Frieß, Andreas Fickers (eds.): Wolfgang Frühwald and Manfred Eigen talk about curiosity as a driver of scientific work (= TechnikDialog , Issue 1), Deutsches Museum , Bonn [1993], OCLC 312759487 (the ISBN 3-924183-90- 2 was awarded twice).
• Time of science . DuMont, Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 978-377014-334-4 .
• Healthy at heart? On the situation of the university at the end of the 20th century . Schwabe, Basel 1998, ISBN 978-3-7965-1067-0 .
• The reception of Goethe in German-language exile literature . Schöningh, Paderborn 2002, ISBN 978-3-506-71477-0 .
• The talent to write German. Goethe - Schiller - Thomas Mann . DuMont, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-8321-7895-6 .
• Goethe's Wedding (= Insel-Bücherei , Volume 1294) Insel, Frankfurt am Main / Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-19294-7 .
• How much knowledge do we need? Politics, money and education . Berlin University Press, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-9404-3203-2 .
• The authority of the doubt. Responsibility, metrics and quality judgments in science . Wallstein, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0413-0 .
• The memory of piety. Religion, Church and Literature in Germany. From the baroque to the present . Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-458-71009-7 .
• Blueprint of man. Discussions about accelerated evolution . Berlin University Press, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-940432-49-0 .
• “Read only the left pages of a book!” On the growth and decay of modern worlds of knowledge . Winter, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8253-5674-3 .
• How much language do we need? Berlin University Press, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940432-82-7 .
• Goethe's marriage. The civil partnership with Christiane Vulpius. Insel, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-458-19420-0 .

Honors and awards (selection)

• 1976: Order of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria
• 1993: Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1995: Bavarian Order of Merit
• 1995: Honorary Doctor of Literature (DLitt) from Bristol University
• 1995: Honorary Doctorate from Dublin University (Trinity College), Ireland
• 1996: Honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• 1998: Large Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1999: Commander of the Papal Order of Knights of St. Gregory the Great
• 1999: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
• 1999: Honorary doctorate from the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Münster
• 2000: Merit Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 2000: Ring of Honor of the Görres Society
• 2000: Great Cross of Merit of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
• 2001: Silver Constitutional Medal of the Free State of Bavaria
• 2002: Alfried Krupp Science Award ; Max Herrmann Prize
• 2004: Honorary doctorate from Sofia University, Bulgaria
• 2005: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2009: Hans Olaf Henkel Prize - Prize for Science Policy
• 2010: Large Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Frühwald in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wolfgang Frühwald in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• Munzinger: Wolfgang Frühwald

Individual evidence

1. ^ Markus Schwering: From Eichendorff to university reform. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . January 25, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 03 - The Humboldt Foundation mourns the loss of Wolfgang Frühwald. Retrieved June 25, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Prof. em. Dr. phil. Wolfgang Frühwald - curriculum vitae on the website of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
4. ↑ The Dedicated. On the death of Germanist Wolfgang Frühwald . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 26, 2019, p. 9.
5. ^ Professor Wolfgang Frühwald receives the "Hans Olaf Henkel Prize 2009". Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Willi Winkler: The switchman . In: sueddeutsche.de . January 27, 2019, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed June 28, 2019]).
7. ^ Leopoldina: CV. In: Leopoldina. Retrieved September 12, 2019 . 
8. ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/Lehrer-Forscher-und-Buerger-id35003107.html
9. ↑ Mourning for Wolfgang Frühwald , idw-online.de, published and accessed on January 25, 2019
10. ↑ Germanist Professor Frühwald has passed away - LMU Munich. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
11. ↑ [1]
12. ^ Markus Schwering: From Eichendorff to university reform. January 25, 2019, accessed on June 28, 2019 (German). 
13. ↑ [2]
14. ↑ Former Presidents. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
15. ↑ List of Honorary Doctorates from the University of Bristol , accessed November 3, 2009
16. ↑ Former Presidents. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
17. ↑ AAS 91 (1999), n. 11, p. 1099.
18. ↑ https://www.uni-muenster.de/FB2/aktuelles/Nachruf_Fruehwald.html
19. ^ Professor Wolfgang Frühwald receives "Hans-Olaf-Henkel-Preis 2009" , press release in Informationsdienst Wissenschaft from October 12, 2009, accessed on October 13, 2009