Descriptive Summary
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard Exner Papers
Dates: ca. 1950-1990
Collection number: UArch FacP 12
Creator:
Exner, Richard
Collection Size:
(16 boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: The collection contains bio-bibliographic files; correspondence; lectures, readings, and performances; research; UCSB and
some Oberlin academic files; and writing files of UCSB
German
literature professor Richard Exner.
Physical location: SRLF.
Languages:
English,
German
Access Restrictions
Collection stored off-site, advance notice required for retrieval.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Richard Exner Papers. UArch FacP 12. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
Richard Exner is a Professor Emeritus of
German
Literature, specializing in Hugo von Hofmannsthal, a 20th century poetry. He was born in Niedersachswerfen, Germany. He came
to the United States to attend the University of Southern California, from which he received both his undergraduate and graduate
degrees. He taught at University of Rochester, Princeton University, and Oberlin College before coming to UCSB in 1965, where
he taught classes in
German
and comparative literature. Academically, he was distinguished for his work as a translator and a poet. During his tenure
at UCSB, he was awarded both Fulbright research grants and a Guggenheim fellowships. In 1982 he was awarded the Alma Johanna
Koenig Prize for literary excellence for his poem "Nach Auschwitz" and was elected to the P.E.N. Club, a World Association
of Writers. He retired from teaching in 1992.
See UCSB UArch Biographical files for further biographical details.
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
The collection contains the following series:
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Bio-Bibliographic Files (Box 1), including his list of publications and his curriculum vitae.
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Correspondence Files (Box 2), 1959-1991.
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Lectures, Readings, and Performances Files (Box 3), 1959-1989.
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Research Files (Boxes 4-6), various subject files on authors, with a substantial file on von Hofmannsthal.
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UCSB Academic Files (Box 7-8), 1965-1983, with additional files from Oberlin College, 1961-1964.
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Writing Files (Boxes 9-16) related to writings and translations, as well as copies of original works.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Exner, Richard
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929
German
literature