Ziefle, Helmut W(ilhelm)

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ZIEFLE, Helmut W(ilhelm)

ZIEFLE, Helmut W(ilhelm). American (born Germany), b. 1939. Genres: Language/Linguistics, Theology/Religion, Biography. Career: High school German teacher in Bethlehem, PA, 1965-67; Wheaton College, Illinois, instructor, 1967-72, assistant professor, 1972-77, associate professor, 1977- 82, professor, 1982-2001, director of "Wheaton in Germany" program, 1977-, professor of German emeritus, 2001-. German Evening School, Wheaton, president, 1978-80; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, scholar in residence, 1979. Sabbatical, Deutsches Literaturarchiv-Marbach, Germany, 1990; Sabbatical, Albrecht-Bengel-Haus-Tubingen, Germany, 1999. Publications: Sibylle Schwarz: Leben und Werk (title means: Sibylle Schwarz: Life and Work), 1975; One Woman against the Reich, 1981, rev. ed., 2003; Dictionary of Modern Theological German, 1982, 2nd ed., 1992; Theological German: A Reader, 1986, rev. ed., 1993; Modern Theological German: A Reader and Dictionary, 1997; Gegen Hitler und das Reich (title means: Against Hitler and the Reich), 2000. EDITOR: Sibylle Schwarz, Deutsche Poetische Gedichte (title means: German Poetic Poems), 1980; Hermann Hesse und das Christentum (title means: Hermann Hesse and Christianity), 1994. Address: Dept of Foreign Language, Wheaton College, 501 E Seminary, Wheaton, IL 60187, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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