# Joseph Frank

> Joseph Frank was an American literary scholar and a leading expert on the life and work of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. Frank's five-volume biography of Dostoevsky is frequently cited among the major literary biographies of the 20th century. David Foster Wallace called him the "definitive biographer of one of the best fiction writers ever." Gary Saul Morson wrote that Frank's five-volume biography "is far and away the best comprehensive account of a Russian writer".

*American literary scholar (1918-2013)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1918-10-06
- **Died:** 2013-02-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Joseph Frank (writer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Frank_(writer))
- [جوزيف فرانك (أستاذ جامعي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_(%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A))
- [چوزيف فرانك (استاذ جامعه من امريكا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7))
- [Франк, Джозеф](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84)
- [Joseph Frank](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Frank)
- [جوزف فرانک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20742162)

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