Gillmeister, Heiner

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GILLMEISTER, Heiner

GILLMEISTER, Heiner. German, b. 1939. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Author and educator. University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, lecturer, 1968-71, currently professor of English; Düsseldorf University, deputy chair of English-language history and Medieval literature, 1980-81; German Sports University, Cologne, member of lecturing commission in sports history, 1980. Asian Games Scientific Congress, Hiroshima, Japan, 1994, sole European invited speaker. Kölnische Rundschau, Cologne, Germany, theater critic, 1970-86. Publications: Chaucer und die Via Regia, 1972; Chaucer's Conversion: Allegorical Thought in Medieval Literature, 1984; Aufschlag für Walther von der Vogelweide. Tennis seit dem Mittelalter, 1986; Kulturgeschichte des Tennis, 1990, rev. ed as Tennis: A Cultural History, 1997; (Coauthor) Der Rheinische Merlin. Text, übersetzung, Untersuchungen der Merlin und Lüthild Fragmente, 1991; Service. Kleine Geschichte der englischen Sprache, 1993; Olympisches Tennis. Die Geschichte der olympischen Tennisturniere (1896-1992), 1993. Contributor to books and periodicals. Works have been translated into English and Japanese. Address: University of Bonn, Department of English, Regina-Pacis-Weg 5, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. Online address: [email protected]