Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class 1997: Goethe Medal in Gold of the Goethe-Gesellschaft Weimar 2011: Life Member of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) Since 1981 he has been a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste Rhein-Neckar (previously known as the Freie Akademie der Künste Mannheim) in Mannheim. External links British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature Modern Humanities Research Association home page Home page of the Freie Akademie Rhein-Neckar (German) Obituary by Gustav Seibt (German) Academics of the London School of Economics McGill University faculty Academics of the University of Bristol Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Germanists Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany Writers from Mannheim Naturalised citizens of Ireland 1922 births 2020 deaths German emigrants to Ireland Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom