Erich Auerbach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erich Auerbach

German Philologist

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1957

Profession: writer, librarian, translator, university teacher, romanist, literary critic, literary historian, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Erich Auerbach (November 9, 1892 – October 13, 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 and frequently cited as a classic in the study of realism in literature.