Background
Schwarz, Egon was born on August 8, 1922 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1956. Son of Oscar and Erna Schwarz.
(An autobiographical account of the family's escape from V...)
An autobiographical account of the family's escape from Vienna in 1938 through Prague and Paris to South America.
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Schwarz, Egon was born on August 8, 1922 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1956. Son of Oscar and Erna Schwarz.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, Seattle, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Washington, St. Louis, 2008. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Vienna, 1997.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Örebro, Sweden, 2002.
Member faculty, Harvard University, 1954-1961;
member of faculty department Germanic languages and literature, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1961;
professor German, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1963;
Rosa May Distinguished University professor in the Humanities, Washington University, St. Louis, 1975-1993;
professor emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1993. Visiting professor U. Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1962-1963, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1965, Middlebury College, 1969, University of California-Irvine, 1977, U. Tübingen, 1986. William Evans professor of University Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1984.
Distinguished scholar Ohio State University, Columbus, 1987, U. Graz, Austria, 1989, 93, U. Siegen, 1993-1994.
(An autobiographical account of the family's escape from V...)
Member of Modern Language Association, German Academy Language and Letters, American Association Teachers German, German Academy Language and Literature (honorary).
Married Dorothea K. Klockenbusch, June 8, 1950. Children— Rudolf Joachim, Caroline Elisabeth, Gabriela Barbara.