Helmut Franz Pfanner

Background

Pfanner, Helmut Franz was born on November 8, 1933 in Hohenweiler, Vorarlberg, Austria. Came to the United States, 1957. Son of Georg Franz and Luise (Huber) Pfanner.

Education

Graduate, Teacher Training College, Feldkirch, Austria, 1952. Student, Kansas University, 1957—1958. Student, Stanford University, 1959—1964.

Career

Teacher Volksschule Seewald, Fontanella, Vorarlberg, 1952-1953, Volksschule Hohenweiler, 1953-1957. English teacher Hauptschule Belruptstrasse, Bregenz, Austria, 1958-1959. German instructor University Washington, Seattle, 1964-1967.

Assistant professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1967-1969. Associate professor University New Hampshire, Durham, 1969-1979. Visiting professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1979-1982.

Professor German University New Hampshire, Durham, 1982-1986. Professor German, department chairman University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1986-1990. Professor German Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1999—2005, department chairman, 1990-1993, professor emeritus, since 2005.

Director Summer Institute German Language and Culture, University California, Santa Barbara, 1992-1999.

Achievements

• Helmut Franz Pfanner has been listed as a noteworthy German language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Exile in New York: German and Austrian writers after 1933

    (Book by Pfanner, Helmut F)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association German Writers Abroad (American secretary-treasurer since 1979), International Association Germanic Studies, American Association Teachers German, German Studies Association, International Society for Exile Studies.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, skiing, tennis, music, traveling.

Connections

Married Rosemary Griffin, March 16, 1959 (divorced 1964). 1 child, Renate; Married Beverly Louise Radcliffe, September 16, 1966 (divorced 1988). Children: Heidi, Eric, Marta.

Married Nasy Inthisone, December 27, 1995. Children: Franz, Maximilian.

Father:

Georg Franz Pfanner

Mother:

Luise (Huber) Pfanner

Spouse:

Nasy Inthisone

Spouse:

Rosemary Griffin

Spouse:

Beverly Louise Radcliffe

child:

Renate Pfanner

child:

Franz Pfanner

child:

Heidi Pfanner

child:

Eric Pfanner

child:

Maximilian Pfanner

child:

Marta Pfanner