# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-spitzer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:28:06.428Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-spitzer"
name: "Leo Spitzer"
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description: "Leo Spitzer was an Austrian Romanist and Hispanist, philologist, and an influential and prolific literary critic. He was known for his emphasis on stylistics. Along with Erich Auerbach, Spitzer is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature."
tagline: "Austrian philologist and literary theorist (1887–1960)"
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birthDate: "1887-02-07"
deathDate: "1960-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump