Professor of German wins national book award | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Professor of German wins national book award Professor of German wins national book award Published: June 04, 2003 Author: Erik Runyon Robert E. Norton, professor and chair of German and Russian languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the 2002 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History by the American Philosophical Society for his recent book “Secret Germany” (Cornell University Press).p. Tracing the life of the early 20th-century German poet Stefan George, “Secret Germany” explores the poet and his famous circle of followers whose works profoundly affected the intellectual and cultural attitudes of Germany’s elite during the critical years after World War I.p. TopicID: 3328 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn