Erich Auerbach (1) (1892–1957)
Author of Mimesis: the representation of reality in western literature
For other authors named Erich Auerbach, see the disambiguation page.
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At the time of his death Erich Auerbach (1892-1957) was Sterling Professor of Romance Philology at Yale University
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- Canonical name
- Auerbach, Erich
- Birthdate
- 1892-11-09
- Date of death
- 1957-10-13
- Burial location
- Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Birthplace
- Berlin, German Empire
- Place of death
- Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Istanbul, Turkey
Marburg, Hessen, Germany - Education
- University of Greifswald (Ph.D|1921|Romance Languages)
University of Heidelberg (Dr. Phil|1913|Law)
Französisches Gymnasium - Occupations
- teacher
philologist
literature critic
comparative literature professor - Relationships
- Auerbach, Marie (wife)
Auerbach, Clemens (son) - Organizations
- Yale University
Institute for Advanced Study
Pennsylvania State University
Istanbul University
University of Marburg
Prussian State Library (show all 7)
German Army (WWI) - Awards and honors
- Iron Cross Second Class
- Short biography
- Erich Auerbach was born to a Jewish family in Berlin. After serving in the German military in World War I, he earned a doctorate in philology at the University of Greifswald. He was the librarian at the Prussian State Library and in 1929, joined the faculty at the University of Marburg. He published Dante: Poet of the Secular World (1929), which is now considered a classic. He became one of the best-known philology scholars and comparative literature experts. Dismissed from the university by the Nazi regime in 1935, Prof. Auerbach fled to Istanbul, Turkey. There he taught at the Turkish State University and completed his masterwork, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (1946). He wrote most of it from memory because he had been forced to leave his papers and books y behind in Germany. In 1947, he moved to the USA, taught at Pennsylvania State University, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. He was appointed Sterling Professor of Romance Philology at Yale University in 1950, a position he held until his death.
Other works included Literary Language and Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages (1958).
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