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Submitted by Stephen Richards:
Carl Buchner died in August 2015. Carl taught English and German from the mid-eighties to 2006, living all that time in Frankfurt am Main. He was an especially respected teacher of literature. Carl was a Fulbright scholar and had a number of essays and translations published on the German philosopher Walter Benjamin. He died after a lengthy illness in the United States.
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Richard Schumaker
It is with sadness that I learn of Carl's passing. He was an especially fine scholar and wonderful colleague. He had a deep knowledge of German literature and culture and was extremely open to discussing them with his colleagues, who often did not have his same deep background. I looked forward to seeing him at all the English meetings and learning from him and sharing notes on the state of the ever-changing English Department.