Background
WAPNEWSKI, Peter was born on September 7, 1922 in Kiel. Son of Harald and Gertrud (née Hennings) Wapnewski.
professor of medieval literature
WAPNEWSKI, Peter was born on September 7, 1922 in Kiel. Son of Harald and Gertrud (née Hennings) Wapnewski.
University of Berlin, Freiburg, Jena and Hamburg.
Professor, of Medieval German Literature, Heidelberg 1959, Free University of Berlin 1966, University of Karlsruhe 1969, Technology University of Berlin since 1982. Rector, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin 1980-1986, Permanent President Goethe Institute since 1977.
Since 1986; Deutsche Akademie fur Sprache und Dichtung, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Club, American Medieval Academy.
Married 1st Caroline Grafin Finckenstein 1950 (divorced in 1959), 2nd Monica Plange in 1971.