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Erich Auerbach

1892 - 1957

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Erich Auerbach (German: [ˈaʊɐbax]; 9 November 1892 – 13 October 1957) was a German philologist and 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Auerbach is the 87th most popular historian (down from 86th in 2019), the 1,148th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,081st in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Historian.

Erich Auerbach is most famous for his book Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Erich Auerbach ranks 87 out of 561. Before him are Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., George Ostrogorsky, Carlo Ginzburg, Julius Wellhausen, Timaeus, and Donna Haraway. After him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Georges Duby, Al-Maqrizi, Hermann Alexander Diels, George Kedrenos, and Sozomen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Erich Auerbach ranks 59. Before him are Nikolai Kondratiev, E. H. Carr, Oswald Pohl, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Edith Södergran, and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria. After him are Mikhail Kirponos, Johannes Frießner, Juan Negrín, Tamon Yamaguchi, Eiji Yoshikawa, and Germaine Tailleferre. Among people deceased in 1957, Erich Auerbach ranks 46. Before him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Beniamino Gigli, Max Ophüls, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Carl Clauberg, and Antonín Zápotocký. After him are Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Moša Pijade, Ramon Magsaysay, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Max Amann, and Johnny Torrio.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Auerbach ranks 1,148 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Lale Andersen (1905), Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), and Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586). After him are Fritz Strassmann (1902), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Adam Elsheimer (1578).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Erich Auerbach ranks 9. Before him are Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Adam of Bremen (1100), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Aby Warburg (1866), and Julius Wellhausen (1844). After him are Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), and Golo Mann (1909).

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