Background
Fink, Gonthier Louis was born on March 19, 1928 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Son of Otto and Rose Catherine (Rudinger) Fink.
Fink, Gonthier Louis was born on March 19, 1928 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Son of Otto and Rose Catherine (Rudinger) Fink.
Bachelor of Literature, University Nancy, France, 1950. Master of Arts, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1952. Doctor of Letters, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy in Literature (honorary), University Freiburg, 1993.
Lecturer, U. Dijon, France, 1952-1956;
attaché, National Center Research, Paris, 1956-1959;
professor German literature, U. Besancon, France, 1959-1966;
professor, U. Strasbourg, France, since 1966;
dean, vice president, U. Strasbourg, France, 1968-1973, 89-93;
director Center for Foreign Images, U. Strasbourg, France, 1985-1993. Vice president Jury d'Agrégation d'Allemand, Paris, 1971-1976. Vice president German commission Council for Higher Universities, 1972-1982.
Associate professor of University Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1975.
President Convention Républicaine, Besancon, France, 1963-1966, Jury for Strasbourg Prize, Strasbourg and Hamburg, France, since 1971, Jury for Oberrheinischer Kulturpreis, Bâle, Switzerland, 1985-1996, Jury for J. Burckhardt-Preis, Bâle, since 1973. Vice president Jury for Goethe Prize of Europe, Hamburg, 1987-1995, president, since 1995. Member Jury for Hebel, Government of Bade-Württemberg, 1990-1994.
Member International Association for Germanic Studies (board directors 1985-1995), Commission for German Literature, Goethe Society, Lessing Society.
Married Antoinette Langlois, June 18, 1952.