Jorg-Dieter Riemenschneider was Professor of Commonwealth literature/English Language Literatures at the University of Frankfurt (1972-99), Lecturer in German at Punjab University, Chandigarh and Delhi University, and Visiting Professor at I.I.T. Madras, the Universities of Nice and Lyon and Massey University, New Zealand. He edited ACOLIT (1977-99), published numerous articles and books on Indian, African, Australian, New Zealand and Pacific literatures.