Background
Nänny, Max Alfred was born on September 30, 1932 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Max Nänny and Hildegard Lüthi-Joller.
Nänny, Max Alfred was born on September 30, 1932 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Max Nänny and Hildegard Lüthi-Joller.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1958. Habilitation, University of Zurich, 1968.
Teacher English and German Kantonsschule Zurcher Oberland, Wetzikon, Switzerland, 1958—1970. Assistant professor University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1970—1973. Full professor modern English literature University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1973—1977.
Full professor English and American literature University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1977—1997, professor emeritus Switzerland, since 1997. Post-doctoral research fellow Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, 1962—1963. Visiting fellow Linacre College, Oxford, 1982.
Visiting scholar Department of English, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1989.
Member of Swiss Association of University Teachers of English, International Association of Word and Image Studies, International Association of University Professors of English, European Association of America Studies, European Society for the Study of English, Deutscher Anglistenverband (honorary).
Married Regula Christa Rüegger, April 2, 1966. Children: Sabina, Luzia.