Background
Mertens, Volker was born on September 14, 1937 in Hildesheim, Federal Republic of Germany.
Mertens, Volker was born on September 14, 1937 in Hildesheim, Federal Republic of Germany.
Doctor of Philosophy, U. Wurzburg, 1966, Doctor of Philosophy Habilitation, 1976. Lecturer, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1962-1963. Assistant professor German, U. Wurzburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1963-1976.
Professor German, U. Berlin, since 1977.
Assistant professor German, U. Wurzburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1963-1976. Editor: Epische Stoffe des Mittelalters, 1984, Die Grimms, die Germanistik und dieGegenwast, 1988, Deutsche Literatus in Schlaglichtersn, 1990, Die deutsche Aedigt in Miltelalter, 1992, Filch"unalitat ein Autreroman, 1993.
Member Arthurian Society, Wolfram-Gesellschaft, Oswald-Gesellschaft.
Married Augustina Thiele-Mertens, April 8, 1983.