Walter H. Sokel

Background

Sokel, Walter H. was born on December 17, 1917 in Vienna, Austria.

Education

AB, Rutgers University, 1941; Master of Arts, Rutgers University, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy in German, Columbia University, 1953.

Career

Instructor German,, Ohio State University, 1946-1947; instructor German,, Temple University, 1947-1953; from instructor to associate professor German and humanities, Columbia University, New York City, 1953-1964; professor, Stanford University, 1964-1973; Commonwealth professor German and English. literature, Center Advanced Studies, University of Virginia, 1973-1994; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, since 1994. American Council Learned Socs. grant-in-aid, 1962. Exchange professor of University Hamburg, 1965.

National Endowment for Humanities senior fellow, 1971-1972. Visiting professor German, Harvard University, 1978-1979.

Achievements

• Walter H. Sokel has been listed as a noteworthy German language and literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Myth of Power and the Self: Essays on Franz Kafka (Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Series)

    (Franz Kafka (1883-1924) has come to be one of the most in...)

  • The Writer in Extremis: Expressionism in Twentieth-Century German Literature

    (Book by Sokel, Walter H.)

  • Franz Kafka (Essays on Modern Writers)
  • The Writer in Extremis
  • The Writer in Extremis: Expressionism in Twentieth-Centure German Literature
  • Writer in Extremis: Expressionism in Twentieth-Century German Literatu

Membership

Member International Brecht Society (vice president since 1974), Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German, American Comparative Literature Association.

Connections

Married.