Richard A. Zipser
Richard A. Zipser
Geboren 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland; promovierte in Germanistik an der Johns Hopkins University; lehrte von 1969 bis 1986 am Oberlin College. Von 1986 bis 2013 leitete er das Institut für Fremdsprachen und -literaturen an der University of Delaware.
Buchpublikationen (Auswahl)
DDR-Literatur im Tauwetter. Wandel – Wunsch – Wirklichkeit, unter Mitarbeit von Karl-Heinz Schoeps. 3 Bände. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1985. 847 S.
Fragebogen: Zensur. Zur Literatur vor und nach dem Ende der DDR. Leipzig: Reclam Verlag, 1995. 341 S.
Von Oberlin nach Ostberlin. Als Amerikaner unterwegs in der DDR-Literaturszene. Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, 2013. 224 S.
Remembering East Germany. From Oberlin to East Berlin. Pennsauken, New Jersey: BookBaby Publishing, 2021. 380 S.
Memories of Life in East Germany: Snapshots. Pennsauken, New Jersey: BookBaby Publishing, 2022. 268 S.
Auszeichnungen/Preise/Stipendien (Auswahl)
Lifetime Service Award, from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware, in recognition of years of outstanding service, 2014
Excellence in Service Award, from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware, for outstanding contributions in the areas of foreign language education and study abroad, 2001
Order of Excellence Award, from the Delaware State Board of Education, for outstanding service as Co-chair of the State Foreign Languages Curriculum Framework Commission, 1997
Merit Award, from the State of Delaware Department of Public Instruction, for distinctive contributions to the program of public education in Delaware, 1997
Foreign Language Advocate of the Year Award, selected by the Delaware Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1995
Visiting Humanities Fellow, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992-1993
President, Association of Departments of Foreign Languages Executive Committee, Modern Language Association, 1987
Presider, “America’s Best: Prizewinning Books 1983-1984” at the 1985 Leipzig Book Fair, an exhibit sponsored by the United States Information Agency and the American Embassy to the German Democratic Republic in East Berlin, March 10-16, 1985.
Representative to the Delegate Assembly for the Division on Twentieth-Century German Literature, Modern Language Association, 1983-1985
National Fellowship, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, in support of research and writing on literature of the German Democratic Republic, 1980-1981
International Research and Exchanges Board Scholar, exchange program with the German Democratic Republic, 1977-1978
