Helmuth Kiesel (born 1 August 1947) is a German literary studies scholar who specializes in German literature from the period 1918 to 1945.[1] He was professor of modern German literature at the University of Bamberg from 1987 to 1990 and at the Heidelberg University from 1990. Since 2015 he has been professor emeritus.[2]
An expert on Ernst Jünger, Kiesel edited and commented Jünger's and Carl Schmitt's correspondence, published by Klett-Cotta Verlag in 1999.[3] Kiesel's 720 pages long biography of Jünger, Ernst Jünger. Die Biografie, was published by Siedler Verlag in 2007.[4]