Jürgen Hein
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Jürgen Hein (2012)
Jürgen Hein (12 January 1942 – 1 December 2014) was a German literary critic and university lecturer.
Hein was born in Cologne. After his Abitur from high school he engaged in German studies, philosophy and pedagogics at the University of Cologne. In 1968 he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy. From 1969 he also worked as a lecturer at the Pädagogische Hochschule Rheinland, Cologne department. In 1972 he habilitated in Cologne. From 1973 until his retirement in 2007, Hein was professor of modern German literary studies and didactics of literature at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Hein died in Vienna[1] at age 72.
