| Code | DS/UK/568 |
| Dates | 20/01/1868-19/01/1952 |
| Person Name | Schäfer; Wilhelm (20/01/1868-19/01/1952); Dr.h.c. |
| Surname | Schäfer |
| Forenames | Wilhelm |
| Title | Dr.h.c. |
| Activity | Novellist; teacher in Vohwinkel and Elberfeld (1890-1897); editor of "Die Rheinlande" in Düsseldorf (1900) and managing director of the „Verband der Kunstfreunde in den Ländern am Rhein“. |
| History | travels to Paris, Zurich and Munich; moved to Berlin (1898), Düsseldorf (1900), Braubach (1903), Vallendar (1907-1915), Hofheim (1915-1918), Bodman/Bodensee (1918-). Honorary doctorate by the University of Marburg (1927); Goethe-Medaille der Stadt Frankfurt a.M. (1932), Goethepreis der Stadt Frankfurt (1941), etc.;
'Ehrensenator' of the German Acadeny for Poetry (1933-), entered into the 'Gottbegnadeten-Liste' by Adolf Hitler. |
| Source | Conrad Höfer: Wilhelm Schäfer, 2 vols., Berlin 1937 and 1943; Bernd Kortländer (Hg.): Wilhelm Schäfer, Düsseldorf 1992; Sabine Brenner (Hg) & Heinrich Heine-Institut Düsseldorf: "Ganges Europas, heiliger Strom!" Der literarische Rhein 1900 - 1933. Ausstellungskatalog. Droste, Düsseldorf 2001
'Wilhelm Schäfer', URL: <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Sch%C3%A4fer> [accessed 07/12/2010]. |
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