Werner Janssen
Werner (W.H.) Janssen, pseudonym: Heinz Hof, (Mönchengladbach, 1944) is a Dutch-German philosopher, Germanist and poet. Life
Werner Janssen grew up in both Germany (Mönchengladbach) and the Netherlands (Kerkrade / Heerlen).
He studied at the universities of Nijmegen, Heidelberg, Amsterdam and Aachen German language and literature studies, philosophy, sociology, pedagogy, ethnology, political science and dialectology. From 1967 to 2000 he was a German teacher at the Bernardinus College in Heerlen. He was known for his didactic innovations in language education, as language acquisition based on everyday life situations stamped with as few words and grammar as possible. On the other hand, he also had a fairly rigid manner of teaching.
In 1984, Janssen first promoted to Dr. a little bit. at the University of Amsterdam with the dissertation "Der Rhythmus des Humanen bei Heinrich Böll", a dissertation that was also released in 1985 as a trade paper. At the university in Aachen, the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, he obtained a second academic degree in 1991 as a doctor. phil .: with the dissertation "Kultur und Spiel - the Dialogue Erweiterung des natürlichen Spielraums", which also appeared in Bern at the international scientific publishing house Peter Lang.
Werner Janssen is chairman of the Martin Buber-Plaquette Curator, who has been awarded every year the International Culture and Science Festival Euriade in 1981, and is an intendant of him. He is also an intendant of the International Chamber Music Festival AmadèO - Academia Musica da Camera.
Janssen is professor of Philosophy and German Studies at, among others, the Lomonosow University of Moscow. He held and holds guest lectures at the universities of Perm (Oeral), Vienna, Graz and the University of Heerlen.
He writes poetry under the pseudonym Heinz Hof. Publications
In addition, he wrote essays and reviews in various magazines, including EuriArtes, the EURIADE magazine for culture and science.
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