Marilyn Sibley Fries

Background

Fries, Marilyn Sibley was born on October 15, 1945 in Honolulu. Daughter of Myron Knight Sibley and Elizabeth (McQuay) Parry.

Education

Bachelor, Bennington College, 1967; Master of Arts, Middlebury College, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1975.

Career

Instructor German, European division University Maryland, Germany, 1968-1969. From instructor to associate professor Yale University, New Haven, 1975-1985, instructor, 1975-1976, assistant professor, 1976-1982, 1982-1985. Associate professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1985.

Achievements

• Marilyn Sibley Fries has been listed as a noteworthy Germanic literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The changing consciousness of reality: The image of Berlin in selected German novels from Raabe to Doblin (Studien zur Germanistik, Anglistik und Komparatistik ; Bd. 77)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, German Studies Association, American Association Teachers German, National Women's Studies Association, Coalition of Women in German, American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages.

Interests

• Avocations: fiber arts, gardening, traveling.

Connections

Married Brant Elias Fries, October 20, 1973. Children: Kyra Heather, Lorin Alexa.

Father:

Myron Knight Sibley Parry

Mother:

Elizabeth (McQuay) Parry

Spouse:

Brant Elias Fries

child:

Kyra Heather Fries

child:

Lorin Alexa Fries