Background

Gutwirth, Marcel Marc was born on April 11, 1923 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Jacob Nahum and Frieda (Willner) Gutwirth.

Education

Student, New York University, 1941—1942. AB, Columbia University, New York City, 1947. Master of Arts, Columbia University, New York City, 1948.

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1950.

Career

Member faculty Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1948-1987, William R. Kenan, Junior professor French literature, 1977-1982, John Whitehead professor, 1983-1987. Distinguished Professor Graduate Center City University of New York, 1987-1994, executive officer Doctor of Philosophy program in French, 1987-1993. Visiting professor Haverford College, 1994—2001.

Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, 1967, Queens College, 1968, Bryn Mawr College, 1969, 76. Andrew Mellon visiting professor humanities Tulane University, 1980. Lecturer Folger Institute, 1985.

Achievements

• Marcel Marc Gutwirth has been listed as a noteworthy French literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Laughing Matter: An Essay on the Comic

    (Why do we laugh? Do we really want to know why? We are to...)

  • Laughing Matter: An Essay on the Comic by Marcel Gutwirth (1993-04-01)

Membership

Board of directors Childbirth Education Association Greater Philadelphia, 1961-1964. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Civil Liberties Union, Modern Language Association (member editorial board publications 1973-1976), American Association Teachers of French.

Connections

Married Madelyn Katz, June 20, 1948. Children: Eve, Sarah, Nathanael.

Father:

Jacob Nahum Gutwirth

Mother:

Frieda (Willner) Gutwirth

Spouse:

Madelyn Katz

child:

Eve Gutwirth

child:

Nathanael Gutwirth

child:

Sarah Gutwirth