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Stanley Corngold

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Stanley Corngold
Born
Stanley Alan Corngold

1934 (age 89–90)
OccupationLiterary scholar
AwardsBerlin Prize(2010)
Guggenheim Fellowship(1977)
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Cornell University
Doctoral advisorPaul de Man
Robert M. Adams
O. J. Matthijs Jolles
Academic work
Sub-disciplineGerman philosophy
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Doctoral studentsAvital Ronell
Notable worksFranz Kafka: The Office Writings

Stanley Alan Corngold[1](born 1934) is an American literary scholar. He is an emeritus professor of German and comparative literature atPrinceton University.[2]

Biography[edit]

Corngold was born inBrooklynin 1934.[1]In 1957, he received his B.A. fromColumbia University,which was interrupted by two years of military service.[3]He then studied Sanskrit at theSchool of Oriental and African Studiesand German at Columbia's graduate school. Having taught at theUniversity of Maryland,Corngold enteredCornell Universityfor his Ph.D. program, receiving his doctorate on Rousseau and Kant under the guidance ofPaul de Man,Robert M. Adams,[4]andO. Matthijs Jolles.[1]

In 1966, Corngold became assistant professor of Germanic languages and literatures atPrinceton University,and was named full professor in 1981.[1]His research has focused on translating and interpreting the works ofFranz Kafka,[2]and he has published widely on modern German writers and thinkers, includingFriedrich Nietzsche,Wilhelm Dilthey,Robert Musil,among others.[2]His recent works have focused on the lives and works of philosopherWalter Kaufmann[5]and novelistThomas Mann.[6][7][2]

Among his students at Princeton wereLaurence Rickels[8]andAvital Ronell.[9]

Corngold was a visiting fellow atKing's College, Cambridge.He received aGuggenheim Fellowshipin 1977 and aBerlin Prizein 2010, when he completed a book about Kafka's professional experience as an insurance lawyer.[10][11]He was elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciencesin 2011.[12]

References[edit]

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  2. ^abcd"Stanley Corngold".Comparative Literature.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-04-07.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  3. ^"Bookshelf".Columbia College Today.2022-06-17.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-06-23.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  4. ^"Robert Adams, 81, A Literary Scholar And Classics Editor".The New York Times.1996-12-18.ISSN0362-4331.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-09-14.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  5. ^Corngold, Stanley (2019).Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic.Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press.ISBN978-0-691-16501-1.
  6. ^Corngold, Stanley (2022).The Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton.Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press.ISBN9780691201641.
  7. ^Corngold, Stanley (2022).Weimar in Princeton: Thomas Mann and the Kahler Circle.Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press.ISBN9781501386527.
  8. ^"Laurence Rickels".The European Graduate School.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  9. ^"Avital Ronell".The European Graduate School.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-10-25.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  10. ^"Stanley Corngold".American Academy.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-02-16.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  11. ^"Stanley Corngold".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-06-23.Retrieved2022-06-23.
  12. ^"Stanley A. Corngold".American Academy of Arts & Sciences.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-06-23.Retrieved2022-06-23.