Gerhard Dünnhaupt,
FRSC (born August 15, 1927 in
Bernburg
Bernburg (Saale) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the Salzlandkreis district. The former residence of the Anhalt-Bernburg princes is known for its Renaissance architecture, Renaissance castle.
Geography
The town centre is situated ...
(Saale)) is a German
bibliographer
Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliography ...
,
literary historian
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, emeritus professor of the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
, an honorary life member of the
Modern Language Association of America
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, Elected Fellow and Life Member of the Royal Society of Canada (Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada). In September 1983, he chaired the international "Martin Luther Quincentennial Conference" in Ann Arbor, MI. He is the author of the only annotated bibliography of German
Baroque literature
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.
Ancestry and background
Dünnhaupt is the son of a printer and newspaper publisher in
Köthen (Anhalt)
Köthen () is a town in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle (Saale), Halle.
Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative centre of the regional university, ...
. After graduation from high school in 1945 he entered the family business, attaining the master degree in printing in 1949. He managed the estimating department of Giessen university press until his emigration to Canada, where he continued to work in printing and advertising. Beginning in 1964, he studied Modern Languages and Literatures at the
University of Toronto
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, and, at
Brown University
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in 1972, he submitted his dissertation about the German versions of the Italian Renaissance epics of
Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describes the ...
and
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...
.
Beginning in 1972, he taught German Literature and Bibliography at the
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
; four years later, he relocated to the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
in Ann Arbor where he taught German Literature and Comparative Literature until 1992. During these years, he also fulfilled visiting professorships at the
University of Illinois
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, the
Universität Göttingen and
Cornell University
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. Since 1992 he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and Adjunct Professor at
Queen's University at Kingston
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. Dünnhaupt is an honorary life member of the
Modern Language Association
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and a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
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/Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada.
Main research
Dünnhaupt's main research interests involve German Renaissance and Baroque literature, history of printing and publishing, bibliography, and cultural history of the
Early Modern Period; his scholarly articles deal frequently with the
Fruitbearing Society
The Fruitbearing Society (German Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, lat. ''societas fructifera'') was a German literary society founded in 1617 in Weimar by German scholars and nobility. Its aim was to standardize vernacular German and promote it a ...
as well as the history of his homeland of
Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
. He was Editor of ''Rarissima litterarum'' and Book Review Editor for ''Michigan Germanic Studies''. In September 1983, he organised the "Martin Luther Quincentennial Conference".
Honours
He was awarded the ''Prix Triennal de Bibliographie'' by the
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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(ILAB) for his annotated ''Bibliographisches Handbuch der Barockliteratur'', and upon his retirement, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Publications
* ''Bibliographisches Handbuch der Barockliteratur: Hundert Personalbibliographien deutscher Autoren des 17. Jahrhunderts''. 3 vols. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1980–1981,
* ''Diederich von dem Werder. Versuch einer Neuwertung seiner Hauptwerke.'' Herbert Lang, Bern 1973,
* ''Die Fürstliche Druckerei zu Köthen.'' (AGB XX.4). Buchhändler-Vereinigung, Frankfurt am Main 1979,
* ''Personalbibliographien zu den Drucken des Barock.'' 6 vols. Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990–1993,
Editions
* ''Rarissima litterarum'' (Editor)
*
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...
(Ed.), Diederich von dem Werder (Trans.): ''Gottfried von Bulljon.'' Niemeyer, Tübingen 1974,
*
Andreas Gryphius
Andreas Gryphius (german: Andreas Greif; 2 October 161616 July 1664) was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque ...
: ''Horribilicribrifax Teutsch. Scherzspiel.'' Critical variorum edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1976,
*
Andreas Gryphius
Andreas Gryphius (german: Andreas Greif; 2 October 161616 July 1664) was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque ...
: ''Absurda Comica oder Herr Peter Squenz. Schimpfspiel.'' Critical variorum edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1983,
*
Giovanni Francesco Loredano (Ed.), Diederich von dem Werder (Trans.): ''Dianea oder Rähtselgedicht''. Reprint of the 1644 edition. Peter Lang, Bern 1984,
* ''Martin Luther Quincentennial.'' Wayne State Univ. Press, Detroit 1985,
*
Abraham a Sancta Clara: ''Stern so aus Jacob aufgangen Maria.'' Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1994,
* Johann Ludwig Prasch: ''Gründliche Anzeige von Fürtrefflichkeit und Verbesserung teutscher Poesie.'' Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1995,
* Gabriel Rollenhagen: ''Vier Bücher wunderbarlicher … und unglaublicher indianischer Reisen.'' Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1995,
* "Perseus Sperantes" (Ps.): ''Der Königliche Einspruch'' (anon. German version of the anon. French novel ''
Jehan de Paris
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Date
It is thought to have been written around 1495 insofar as the autho ...
'', ca. 1494). Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1995,
* probably Johannes Riemer: ''Der ausgekehrte politische Feuermäuerkehrer.'' Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1996,
* Johann Joseph Beckh: ''Elbianische Florabella … nach Arth einer Schäfferey.'' Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1997,
* Johann Vogel mit
Georg Philipp Harsdörffer
Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1 November 1607 – 17 September 1658) was a Jurist, Baroque-period German poet and translator.
Born in Nuremberg, he studied law at Altdorf and Strassburg. He studied at the University of Strassburg under professo ...
: ''Icones mortis'' (Dance of Death). Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1998,
*
Conrad Vetter
Conrad Vetter (1547 – October 11, 1622) was a German Jesuit preacher and polemical writer.
Biography
Conrad was born at Engen, Germany, Engen in Baden. He entered the priesthood and vigorously championed the Catholic cause in speech and writing ...
: ''Paradeißvogel.'' Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1999 (roman catholic hymnal 1613),
Sources
* Adalbert Elschenbroich: ''Modell eines Handbuchs. Gerhard Dünnhaupts monumentale Bibliographie.'' In: ''Die Zeit.'' Jahrgang 37, Nr. 49 (1982), Lit. S. 5.
* Karl F. Otto Jr.: ''Dünnhaupt's Handbuch der Barockliteratur'' in: ''Monatshefte'' 76 (1984), 332-340.
* Gerhard Dünnhaupt: ''Ein Barockbibliograph plaudert aus der Schule'' in: ''Philobiblon'' 37 (1993), 337-349.
* ''Europäische Literatur der Spätrenaissance und der Barockzeit, meist aus der Sammlung Prof. Gerhard Dünnhaupt.'' Bassenge, Berlin 1996 (380 pages).
External links
Dünnhaupt Digital project of the
Herzog August Bibliothek
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in
Wolfenbüttel
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Literature from and about Dünnhauptfrom the catalogue of the
German National Library
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Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Canadian academics
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Living people
University of Michigan faculty
German male non-fiction writers