Background
Emmerich, Wolfgang Paul was born on March 30, 1941 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Charlotte (Seidel) Emmerich.
Emmerich, Wolfgang Paul was born on March 30, 1941 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Son of Heinrich and Charlotte (Seidel) Emmerich.
Graduate teacher's state examination, University Tübingen, Germany, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tübingen, Germany, 1968.
Assistant professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969-1970, University Tübingen, 1970-1971, University Bremen, Germany, 1971-1977, professor, since 1978. Visiting professor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1978-1979, University Paris VIII, 1985, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1994, University Torrino, 1997. Max Kade distinguished professor Indiana University, Bloomington, 1986.
Visiting fellow New College, University Oxford, 1999. Speaker in field.
Juror Bremer Literature Prize, Bremen, 1978-1987. Member Arbeitskreis Literatür ünd Politik in Deütschland (chairman).
Married Silke Elisabeth Dahm, August 18, 1971 (deceased 1997). Children: Niels, Julia, Johann.