Background
Bauer, Roger was born on December 4, 1918 in Seebach, France. Son of René and Françoise (Levy) Bauer.
Bauer, Roger was born on December 4, 1918 in Seebach, France. Son of René and Françoise (Levy) Bauer.
Diploma, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1939. Agrégé, University Sorbonne, Paris, 1945. Doctor of Letters, University Sorbonne, Paris, 1965.
Professor, U. Munster, West Germany, 1948-1949; professor, U. Cologne, West Germany, 1949-1955; professor, U. Bonn, West Germany, 1955-1962; director, Institut Francais, Bonn, 1955-1962; professor comparative literature, U. Saarland, Saarbruecken, 1962-1965; professor Germanics, Faculte des Lettres, U. Strasbourg, France., 1965-1969; professor comparative literature, U. Munich, 1969-1988; professor emeritus, U. Munich, since 1987. Assesseur bureau of Association International Comparative Literature, 1976-1982, vice president, 1982-1988.
Member Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Academia Scientiarum et Litterarum Moguntina.
Married Edith Strasser, April 24, 1948. 1 child, René Sebastian.