Ernst Robert Curtius

1886 - 1956

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Bonn, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Strasbourg

occupation: linguist, translator, university teacher, literary critic, writer, romanist, literary historian

award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

Ernst Robert Curtius (; 14 April 1886 – 19 April 1956) was a German literary scholar, philologist, and Romance languages literary critic, best known for his 1948 study Europäische Literatur und Lateinisches Mittelalter, translated in English as European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages. Source: Wikipedia (en)