Gerhard Stickel

1963 Recieved the state examination in German and English philology and general linguistics in Freiburg in Breisgau, Bonn and at the Wesleyan University (Connecticut, U.S.A.).

1964 – 66 Worked with the Deutsches Rechenzentrum Darmstadt that had one of the most powerful computer systems (IBM 7090, later IBM 7094) in existence at that time and acted as the information technology center for all west german universities.
In the department for nonnumerical data processing of the DRZ, Stickel, together with a colleague, set up a working group for the use of computers in the humanities.

1965 Developed a programme for the automatic generation of poetry-like texts, the so-called Autopoems.

1966 The DRZ presents Stickel’s Autopoeme at an exhibition together with the computer graphics of Frieder Nake and the computergenerated melodies of Max V. Mathews and Ben Deutschmann.
On the occasion of this exhibition Programm-Information PI-21 is published that makes this early Computer Art known beyond national borders.
In this way, a cooperation between Stickel and the Austrian Computer Art pioneer Otto Beckmann is initiated; he creates Montages from Stickel`s Autopoems.

1966 – 69 Was assistant lecturer at the University in Kiel (general linguistics).

1970 – 73 Was DAAD lecturer in Fukuoka (Japan).

1973 Worked with the Institut fur Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim whose director he was from 1976 to 2002.

1985 Honorary Professor at Mannheim University.

1993 – 2001 Advisors in german philology of DAAD.

1993 – 2003 Councillor of research at the Universität Mannheim.

1994 – 2002 Presidium member of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (WGL).

2001 – 2007 Councillor of language at the Goethe-Institut.

2001 Recieved the Bundesverdienstkreuzes.

2003 Member of Deutscher Sprachrat. Representative of IDS in the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL).

2004 Recieved the Ordre de chevalier des arts et lettres in Paris.

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