Sven Birkerts
(1951-)
American academic and writer
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Sven Birkerts (born September 21, 1951) is an American essayist and literary critic. He is best known for his book The Gutenberg Elegies (1994), which posits a decline in reading due to the overwhelming advances of the Internet and other technologies of the "electronic culture." In 2006 he published a revised edition with new introduction and afterword, reflecting on the endurance of reading.
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21 September 1951 (age 73) Pontiac, Michigan, United States
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