Friedrich Kittler

Friedrich Kittler
BornJune 12, 1943
DiedOctober 18, 2011
NationalityGerman
SpouseSusanne Holl
ParentGustav Adolf Kittler
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
ThesisDer Traum und die Rede. Eine Analyse der Kommunikationssituation Conrad Ferdinand Meyers. (1977)
InfluencesJacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, Claude Shannon, Alan Turing, Norbert Wiener, Pink Floyd, Thomas Pynchon, Marshall McLuhan, Martin Heidegger
Academic work
Disciplineliterary studies, media theory
InfluencedBernhard Siegert, Bernhard Dotzler, Cornelia Vismann, Markus Krajewski

Friedrich Adolf Kittler (June 12, 1943 – October 18, 2011) was a literary scholar and a media theorist. His works relate to media, technology, and the military.