Renato Poggioli
1907
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1963
country of citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy
educated at: Charles University, University of Florence
occupation: literary critic, translator
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship
Renato Poggioli (April 16, 1907 in Florence – May 3, 1963 in Crescent City), was an Italian academic specializing in comparative literature. After 1938, he lived in the United States. At the time of his death, he was the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. A prolific writer and translator, who was fluent in five languages, he is considered one of the founders of the academic discipline of comparative literature in the United States. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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