A native of Germany, Dr. [Yozan “Dirk”] Mosig lived for several years in Spain and for 15 years in Argentina before coming to the U.S. He attended Eastern New Mexico University for his undergraduate studies, and the University of Florida for his graduate work, earning a M.A. in 1969 and the Ph.D. in psychology in 1974. He has travelled extensively, is fluent in several languages, and has been a professor at [The University of Nebraska at Kearney] since 1977.
Dr. Mosig is a Zen Buddhist monk (trained under Zen Master Dainin Katagiri) and an 8th Degree Black Belt in Okinawan Karate and Kobudo (weaponry) with over 50 years of training in the martial arts (winner of five world championship titles at the U.S.K.A. World Championships/Grand Nationals: Black Belt Kumite, Heavyweight Division, in 1969 and 1970; Masters' Kata, in 1980 and 1988; Black Belt Weapons, in 1989). He has received the Robert Bloch Award from the New England Lovecraft Society for his research on H. P. Lovecraft, and the Pratt-Heins Award in Scholarship from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is currently conducting research on the Punic Wars and the life and personality of Hannibal Barca (247-183 B.C.E.), the great Carthaginian general who led an army (with 37 elephants) over the Alps to invade Italy and defeated the Romans in a series of battles (including the one at Cannae, on August 2, 216 B.C.E., widely regarded as the most brilliant military victory in history).
Dr. Mosig has presented his research internationally. Among his recent presentations are: "Revision and Reconstruction in the Second Punic War: Zama-Whose Victory?" at the Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, American University of Paris, France, July 17, 2007; "Revision and Reconstruction in the Punic Wars: Cannae Revisited," at the Fourth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, July 5, 2006; "Western and Eastern Conceptions of the Self," at Taraz University, Taraz, Kazakhstan, May 2002, and "The Archetypal Power of Sibelius," at the Third International Jean Sibelius Conference, Helsinki, Finland, December 9, 2000. He has also taught workshops and seminars on Zen Meditation, Stress Management, and Martial Arts in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela, and on H. P. Lovecraft in Italy.
From Yozan Mosig’s faculty page, http://www.unk.edu/academics/psychology/faculty-staff/yozan-mosig.php (accessed March 5, 2018)
The Dirk Mosig Correspondence collects letters written to Dirk Mosig during the course of his research into the work of H.P. Lovecraft between the years of 1972 and 1979. The letters are mostly comprised of personal correspondence from fellow scholars of Lovecraft as well as writers and artists inspired by Lovecraft’s work. In addition there is a sizable collection of correspondence between Mosig and publishers of Lovecraft’s corpus and Lovecraft scholarship throughout the world. The collection also contains articles and publisher catalogs that were acquired by Mosig during the course of his research which compiled information about the languages into which Lovecraft’s work was being translated and those countries in which there was a vital community of scholarship on his work. Items are in English unless otherwise noted.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Dirk Mosig correspondence, Ms.2018.005, Brown University Library
The collection is organized into two series, which are arranged by name of sender: