Adolf Frey

Adolf Frey
Born 18 February 1855
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Küttigen
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Died 12 February 1920
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(aged 64)
Zürich
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Adolf Frey (18 February 1855, Küttigen – 12 February 1920, Zurich) was a Swiss writer and literary historian. HE was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.[1]

Life

The son of popular writer Jakob Frey (1824–1875), he studied at various universities, including from 1879 to 1881 literature and history at the University of Leipzig.

In 1882 he became a German teacher at the high school in Aarau and in 1898 professor of German literature at the University of Zurich. He died six days before his 65th birthday, from cancer.

Works

References

  1. "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

Adolf Frey in the German National Library catalogue


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