Dr. Steven Martinson was born in Washington State and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He earned his B.A. in German and Political Science at Seattle Pacific University. That program of study included a year at the University of Heidelberg. He was awarded both the M.A. and the Ph.D. in Germanics with a minor in Linguistics from the University of Washington. Before coming to The University of Arizona, in 1988, he held appointments at Northwestern University and the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Martinson’s publications include numerous articles on modern German literature and culture. He has published four edited books and four single-authored books, among them a critical edition of J. E. Schlegel's Vergleichung Shakespears und Andreas Gryphius (Reclam, 1984), Between Luther and Münzer: The Peasant Revolt in German Drama and Thought (Heidelberg, 1988), and A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller (Camden, 2005). His book, Harmonious Tensions: The Writings of Friedrich Schiller (University of Delaware and Associated University Presses, 1996), received a Choice Award as an outstanding academic book in the United States (1997). He is a recipient of a research fellowship and two resumptions (Wiederaufnahmen) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1990-91 [Marbach], 1999 [Heidelberg], and 2005 [Leipzig]). His book in progress is titled, Picturing Young Nietzsche: Images, Memories, Texts. For his personal catharsis, he plays flamenco guitar.