Allen Frantzen facts for kids
Allen J. Frantzen (born 1947) is an American medievalist with a specialization in Old English literature. Since retiring from Loyola University Chicago, he has been an emeritus professor.
Education and career
Frantzen grew up in rural Iowa and earned a degree in English from Loras College and a PhD from the University of Virginia with a dissertation on the literature of penance in the Anglo-Saxon period. He was a faculty member at Loyola University Chicago from 1978 until his retirement in 2014, when he was named an emeritus professor. While there he headed the graduate programs in English from 1984 to 1988 and in 1992 founded the Loyola Community Literacy Center, which is open to the community as well as to students at the university.
Honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1993
- Loyola University Faculty Member of the Year 1991, Master Teacher (College of Arts & Sciences) 1997–98, Faculty Scholar 2000.
- Teaching Excellence Award of the Medieval Academy of America, 2013
- Opera Omnia: A Festspiel for Allen J. Frantzen: celebratory conference organized by former students, 2015.
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