Thomas Mann Fellows | 2018
Aug, Sep
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Detering | Professor of Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature
- 1959
- Born in Neumünster
- 1979-1986
- Studies of German Philology, Theology, Scandinavian Studies and Philosophy in Göttingen, Heidelberg and Odense
- 1988-1994
- Assistant lecturer at the chair of Albrecht Schöne
- 1988
- Doctorate
- 1993
- Habilitation
- 1994-1995
- Visiting professor for comparative studies at LMU Munich
- 1995-2005
- Chair for Modern German Literature and Modern Nordic Literatures, Kiel
- 2001
- Call for the Chair for Modern German Literary Studies, Bonn (succession Peter Pütz, rejected)
- since 2005
- Chair for Modern German and Comparative Literary Studies, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Detering is a German literary scholar, poet and translator and Professor of Modern German and Comparative Literary Studies. Detering heads the Thomas Mann Research Center in Göttingen and is the co-editor of the “Große kommentierte Frankfurter Ausgabe” of the works, letters and diaries of Thomas Mann. From 2011 until 2017, Detering was president of the German Academy for Language and Literature.
Website:
www.heinrichdetering.de
