| last name: | Döhl |
| first name: | Reinhard |
| also known as: | Traugott Schneider |
| birthday: | September 16, 1934 |
| birth-place: | Wattenscheid (Germany) |
| death date: | May 29, 2004 |
| died in: | Stuttgart (Germany) |
Reinhard Döhl was a literary and media scholar who also became known for being a concrete poet and artist as part of the Stuttgart School. In 1964 Max Bense and him wrote the short text Zur Lage, which can be seen as a manifesto of the Stuttgart School. In 1965 Döhl opens the exhibition Computer-Grafik with a text of Bense, who can not be present himself.
Further information on Döhl’s work can be found on his website dedicated to his artistic and literary work and on Netzliteratur.
| 1957-1965 | Döhl studied German language and literature studies and Dramatics, Philosophy, History, and Political Science at the University of Göttingen (1957-1959) and Stuttgart Institute of Technology(1960-1965). |
| 1964 | Together with Max Bense Döhl wrote the short text Zur Lage, which he called a manifesto of the Stuttgart School in his Internet-Reader. |
| 1965 | Receives PhD for his dissertation on “Das literarische Werk Hans Arps. Zur poetischen Vorstellungswelt des Dadaismus” [The literary work of Hans Arp. On the poetic ‘Vorstellungswelt’ of dadaism]. |
| 1979 | He habilitates on “Neuere deutsche Literatur unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Medien” [Newer german literature under special consideration of the media.] |
| 1967, 1969 | Werkkunstschule Krefeld |
| 1970 | Rheinische Musikschule Köln |
| 1971, 1985 | Werkkunstschule Krefeld |
| 1995 | Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden |
| 1987 | Japan Society for Promotion of Science |
| 1996 | Karl Franzens Universität, Graz |
| 1996 | Kansai-Universität, Osaka |
| 1998-99 | Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
