Dr. Helene (Helen) Adolf

Title: Dr.
Prename: Helene (Helen)
Surname: Adolf
Profession: Professor
Birthday: 12/31/1895
Place of birth: Vienna
Date of death: 12/13/1998
Place of death: State College, PA
Education: University studies (Romance studies, German, art) in Vienna; 1923 doctorate
Career: 1923–37 works for a publisher in Leipzig and prepares dissertation for her university lecturer qualification (*Habilitation*), abandon project 1938; 1939 joins sister, Mona Spitzer, in the United States; teacher of French and classical languages; 1943 assistant professor, 1953 full professor at the German department, University of Pennsylvania
Biographical literature: Renate Heuer, *Helene Adolf. Wienerin, Emigrantin, Professor of German (1895–1998)* (Frankfurt/Main: Campus, 2000)
Major works: *Wortgeschichtliche Studien zum Leib/Seele Problem* (*Habilitation*; special issue of *Religionspsychologische Zeitschrift* 5, 1937); *In Memoriam Elise Richter* (Richmond: University of California Press, 1948); “The Essence and Origin of Tragedy,” *Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism* 10 (1951): 112–25; *Visio Pacis: Holy City and Grail* (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1960)
Links: [Verfolgung und Auswanderung deutschsprachiger Sprachforscher 1933-1945](http://www.esf.uni-osnabrueck.de/biographien-sicherung/a/1-adolf-helene)