Kurt Frank Reinhardt was born in
Munich on November 6, 1896. He attended the classical gymanisum in
Mannheim, and subsequently studied literature, philosophy, and art history at the
University of Munich,
Heidelberg University and
University of Freiburg. During
World War I, he worked as a
dramaturge. Since 1925 he worked for
Verlag Herder, a major German publisher. During this time Reinhardt was a correspondent for the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. From 1928 to 1930, Reinhardt taught
German literature at the
University of Oregon. From 1930 to 1962, he was Professor at the Department of Modern European Languages and of the German Studies Department at
Stanford University. Reinhardt died in
Palo Alto on June 13, 1983. ==Works==