Template:Did you know nominations/Hermann Boeschenstein

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:26, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Hermann Boeschenstein

  • ... that University of Toronto professor Hermann Boeschenstein published two novels during his lifetime, 56 years apart? Source: Armin Arnold, [1]: "It must be a rare phenomenon in literary history—an author publishing two novels, one at the age of 21, the next 56 years later, at the age of 77. Another curious fact is that one of the female protagonists is based—in both works—on the same person: Böschenstein's wife Elisabeth Schoch (deceased 1976)."
    • ALT1:... that Swiss-Canadian Hermann Boeschenstein interrupted his academic career during World War II to work for the YMCA's War Prisoner's Aid? Source: Buffinga, John O, "The War Prisoners' Aid of the YMCA and Hermann Boeschenstein's Role as an Ethnic Mediator (1943-1947)". Canadian Ethnic Studies. 20: 53–70.
    • ALT2:... that Swiss-born Hermann Boeschenstein wrote an expressionist novel and a thesis about philosopher Jean-Pierre de Crousaz before emigrating to Canada and becoming professor of German studies? Source: Arnold as above for novel, Milnes 1969 (see article) for rest of life

Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Self-nominated at 20:13, 6 August 2021 (UTC).

  • New enough, long enough, hook cited both here and in the article (will AGF for the print sources). If I had to nitpick, might be worth having an inline citation directly after "56 years later" in the article. Copyvio shows no major concerns. Prefer the first of the three hooks. QPQ done, believe this is good to go. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 13:37, 9 August 2021 (UTC)