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René Wellek
Czech-born American literatury critic (1903-1995) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 92
René Wellek was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Like Erich Auerbach, Wellek was a product of the Central European philological tradition and was known as a "fair-minded critic of critics."
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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1995 · aged 92