Douwe Wessel Fokkema

Background

Fokkema, Douwe Wessel was born on May 4, 1931 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Son of Dirk and Gijsbertha Catharina (Van der Meulen) Fokkema.

Education

Master of Arts in Dutch Language and Literature, U. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1956; postgraduate, Leiden (The Netherlands) U., 1953-1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese Literature, Leiden (The Netherlands) U., 1965; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1964; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Silesia, Poland, 1995.

Career

Civil servant East European desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1959-1963; civil servant East Asian desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1964-1966; chargé d'affaires, Netherlands Diplomatic Mission, Peking, 1966-1968; research associate in comparative literature, Utrecht (The Netherlands) U., 1968-1971; associate professor comparative literature, Utrecht (The Netherlands) U., 1971-1980; professor comparative literature, Utrecht (The Netherlands) U., 1980-1996; director Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht (The Netherlands) U., 1987-1994; Chairman of the Board Netherlands Graduate School for Literature Studies, Utrecht (The Netherlands) U., 1995-1996. Chair steering committee research program on the culture of the Netherlands in European context Netherlands Organisation for Science Research, Utrecht, since 1990.

Achievements

• Douwe Wessel Fokkema has been listed as a noteworthy literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Literary doctrine in China and Soviet influence, 1956-1960,
  • Modernist Conjectures: A Main Stream in European Literature

Membership

Member International Comparative Literature Association (president 1985-1988, honorary president 1988), British Comparative Literature Association, International Association for Semiotic Studies, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Semiotik, Portuguese Comparative Literature Association (honorary), South-African Comparative Literature Association (honorary), Academia Europaea, Netherlands Association Comparative and General LIt. (president 1975-1981).

Connections

Married Elrud Ibsch; children: Aleide, Diederik.

Father:

Dirk Van

Mother:

Gijsbertha Catharina (Van

Spouse:

Elrud Ibsch;children: Aleide

child:

Aleide Fokkema

child:

Diederik Fokkema