[Xmca-l] Gunther Kress

[Shirley Franklin]

Members of this list will be very upset to hear that sadly Gunther Kress died, suddenly, of a heart attack, in Italy.

His work in semiotics, genres and  meaning-making  was inspired and inspiring. For me it was life- changing. I will never forget when he first came to the Institute of Education in 1991 and introduced a very different way of looking at texts, to the English department there. He continued to be a lifelong friend and colleague.

Shirley Franklin