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Claus-Wilhelm Hoffmann Editor

Claus-Wilhelm Hoffmann studied law and political sciences in Bonn, Berlin and Tübingen. From 1964 to 1994 he was mayor of Biberach an der Riß. He is particularly interested in promoting culture which he has served in numerous posts, including membership of the committee of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach, and as a founder member of the Literaturstiftung Oberschwaben, the chairmanship of which he took over from Martin Walser in 2003. Frank R Werner was professor of history and theory of architecture at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart from 1990 to 1993, since 1993 he has been director of the Institut für Architekturgeschichte und Architekturtheorie at the Bergische Universität in Wuppertal. He studied painting, architecture and architectural history in Mainz, Hanover and Stuttgart.