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# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:27:13.895Z

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name: "Erich Auerbach"
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description: "Erich Auerbach was a German philologist, 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 frequently cited as a classic in the study of realism in literature. Along with Leo Spitzer, Auerbach is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature."
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birthDate: "1892-11-09"
deathDate: "1957-10-13"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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