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Reto Winckler
Reto Winckler studied English literature and philosophy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and King’s College London. He graduated cum laude with an MA on Shakespeare’s Fool under the supervision of Norbert Greiner from the University of Hamburg, and then went to China to teach English, literature and drama in Xi’an and Shenzhen. Since 2014, he has been reading for a Ph.D. in English literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Professor Julian Lamb. His research focuses on madness and folly in Shakespeare’s plays. He is also interested in Wittgenstein, German history and literature, comparative literature, modernism, science fiction, American literature, film and television, skateboarding and dogs. He lives in Shenzhen, China, and commutes to Hong Kong.