Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona USA. He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of German and European literature from about 800 to 1600, but occasionally he also investigates modern literary works. He has currently published 136 books and well over 855 articles dealing with comparative issues, gender topics, environmental concerns, and cultural historical themes. Most recently appeared Criticism of the Court the Evil King in Medieval Literature (2024) and an English translation of Georg Wickram's Rollwagenbüchlein (2025), both followed by Miracles and Wonders in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (ed., 2025). He also published a translation of The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor (2025) and a translation of Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen (2021). In 2004, the German government honored him with the highest civilian award, Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band. In 2017, he received the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. He is also a productive poet (15 vols.) and author of short prose narratives (5 vols.), while serving as the editor-in-chief of the journals Mediaevistik, Humanities, and Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona USA. He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of German and European literature from about 800 to 1600, but occasionally he also investigates modern literary works. He has currently published 136 books and well over 855 articles dealing with comparative issues, gender topics, environmental concerns, and cultural historical themes. Most recently appeared Criticism of the Court the Evil King in Medieval Literature (2024) and an English translation of Georg Wickram's Rollwagenbüchlein (2025), both followed by Miracles and Wonders in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (ed., 2025). He also published a translation of The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor (2025) and a translation of Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen (2021). In 2004, the German government honored him with the highest civilian award, Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band. In 2017, he received the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. He is also a productive poet (15 vols.) and author of short prose narratives (5 vols.), while serving as the editor-in-chief of the journals Mediaevistik, Humanities, and Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona USA. He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of German and European literature from about 800 to 1600, but occasionally he also investigates modern literary works. He has currently published 136 books and well over 855 articles dealing with comparative issues, gender topics, environmental concerns, and cultural historical themes. Most recently appeared Criticism of the Court the Evil King in Medieval Literature (2024) and an English translation of Georg Wickram's Rollwagenbüchlein (2025), both followed by Miracles and Wonders in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (ed., 2025). He also published a translation of The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor (2025) and a translation of Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen (2021). In 2004, the German government honored him with the highest civilian award, Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band. In 2017, he received the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. He is also a productive poet (15 vols.) and author of short prose narratives (5 vols.), while serving as the editor-in-chief of the journals Mediaevistik, Humanities, and Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.