Edmund K. Kostka

Background

Kostka, Edmund K. was born on October 1, 1915 in Beuthen, Germany. Came to the United States, 1947. Son of Karl and Albine (Bannek) Kostka.

Education

Graduate study, university, Rome, 1945-1947; graduate study, U. Kansas, 1947-1948; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1961.

Career

Teacher history, German, Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, 1948-1951; professor modern language, literature, College St. Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey, 1951-1981; professor German, Juilliard School, New York City, 1979-1988.

Achievements

• Edmund K. Kostka has been listed as a noteworthy Language educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Schiller in Italy: Schiller's Reception in Italy: 19th and 20th Centuries (California Studies in German and European Romanticism and in the Age of Goethe, Vol. 3)

    (This is the only comprehensive study on the subject since...)

  • Glimpses of Germanic-Slavic relations from Pushkin to Heinrich Mann
  • Schiller in Russian Literature.
  • Glimpses of German-Slavic Relations from Pushkin to Heinrich Mann

Membership

Ensign British artillery, 1942-1947. Member Modern Language Association, Association Teachers German, Association Teachers Italian.

Interests

• Avocations: poetry, bird watching, carpentry, gardening.

Connections

Married Bona de Panizza, September 2, 1946. Children: Victor, Carlo.

Father:

Karl Kostka

Mother:

Albine (Bannek) Kostka

Spouse:

Bona de Panizza

child:

Victor Kostka

child:

Carlo Kostka