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Swiss-German literature historian
Fritz Strich (13 December 1882
[1] – 15 August 1963) was a Swiss-German literature historian.
Life
Born in
Königsberg , Strich was a student of
Franz Muncker and became a lecturer at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1910. In 1915 he was appointed extraordinary professor in Munich and in 1929 professor at the
University of Bern . In this way he escaped the persecution of Jews in the German Reich. In 1941 Strich was awarded the
Swiss nationality and worked as a professor until his
emeritus in 1953.
Strich received the
Goethe Medal for Art and Science in 1932, the
Berner Literaturpreis [
de ] in 1951 and the
Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt in 1953. Strich was a member of the
German Academy for Language and Poetry .
Strich's estate in the
Burgerbibliothek Bern documents "above all [his] scientific work".
[2]
Strich died in Bern at the age of 80.
Publications
Franz Grillparzers Ästhetik ,
[3] Berlin 1905; Reprint: Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1977,
ISBN
3-8067-0619-0
Die Mythologie in der deutschen Literatur. Von Klopstock bis Wagner ,
[4] Halle 1910; Reprint: Francke, Bern 1970
Deutsche Klassik und Romantik oder Vollendung und Unendlichkeit. Ein Vergleich .
[5] Meyer & Jessen, Munich 1922; 5. A. Francke, Bern 1962
Dichtung und Zivilisation .
[6] Meyer & Jessen, Munich 1928
Schiller. Sein Leben und sein Werk .
[7] Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Berlin 1928
Der Dichter und die Zeit. Eine Sammlung von Reden und Vorträgen .
[8] Francke, Bern 1947
Goethe und die Weltliteratur .
[9] Francke, Bern 1946; 2. verb. A. ebd. 1957
Kunst und Leben. Vorträge und Abhandlungen zur deutschen Literatur .
[10] Francke, Bern 1960
Goethes Faust .
[11] Francke, Bern 1964
Further reading
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References
International National Academics People Other