Background
Leiner, Wolfgang was born on October 21, 1925 in Ottenhausen, Germany. Son of Adolf Ludwig and Margarete (Kurz) Leiner.
Romance languages and literature educator
Leiner, Wolfgang was born on October 21, 1925 in Ottenhausen, Germany. Son of Adolf Ludwig and Margarete (Kurz) Leiner.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Saarbruecken, 1955. Habilitation, University Saarbrucken, 1963.
Privat dozent, U. Saarbruecken (Federal Republic Germany), l963; visiting lecturer, U. Washington, Seattle, 1963-1964; associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1965-1967; professor Romance languages and literature and comparative literature, U. Washington, Seattle, 1968-1979; professor emeritus, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1979; professor Romance languages and literature, U. Tuebingen (Federal Republic Germany), 1975-1991; professor emeritus, U. Tuebingen (Federal Republic Germany), since 1991.
Married Jacqueline Lecocq, April l3, l953. L child, Stephane.