Marianne Kesting
Author of Bertolt Brecht in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten
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- Canonical name
- Kesting, Marianne
- Birthdate
- 1930-03-16
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- Literaturwissenschaftlerin
Komparatistin
Literaturkritikerin
literary critic
literary scholar
biographer - Organizations
- PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Relationships
- Kesting, Hanjo (Bruder)
- Short biography
- Marianne Kesting born in Germany and studied violin and music at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. In 1957, she earned a Ph.D. degree in modern German literature, music and theater, with a dissertation on epic theater. After working as a theater and literary critic, she taught in the Department of General and Comparative Literature at the University of Bochum, where she was named professor emeritus in 1995. She is a member of the PEN Center Germany.
She's the author of a biography of Bertolt Brecht (1959) among other books, and has written numerous essays and feature articles. - Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Bochum, Germany
- Places of residence
- Bochum, Germany (birth)
- Associated Place (for map)
- Bochum, Germany
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- Works
- 8
- Members
- 93
- Popularity
- #200,858
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 9
- Languages
- 2