Erich Auerbach (November 9, 1892 – October 13, 1957) was a German philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature. His best-known work is Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, a history of representation in Western literature from ancient to modern times and frequently cited as a classic in the study of realism in literature.
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9 November 1892 Berlin, Germany
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13 October 1957 (aged 64) Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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