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Literary Historians

88 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abdurrauf FitratAuthor · BooksAbdurauf Fitrat (sometimes spelled Abdulrauf Fitrat or Abdurrauf Fitrat, Abdurauf Fitrat / Абдурауф Фитрат;
Adolf BartelsAuthor · BooksAdolf Bartels (15 November 1862 – 7 March 1945) was a German journalist, writer and poet, known today mainly for his antisemitic and national-socialist stance.
Adolf WilbrandtAuthor · BooksAdolf von Wilbrandt (24 August 1837 – 10 June 1911) was a German novelist and dramatist.
Ágoston PávelAuthor · BooksÁgoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel (28 August 1886, Cankova, Kingdom of Hungary, today in Slovenia – 2 January 1946, Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian Slovene poet,…
Albert ThibaudetAuthor · BooksAlbert Thibaudet (1 April 1874 – 16 April 1936) was a French essayist and literary critic. A former student of Henri Bergson, he was a professor of Jean Rousset.
Alberto Asor RosaAuthor · BooksAlberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933 – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician, born in Rome.
Ales AdamovichAuthor · BooksAleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich (3 September 1927 – 26 January 1994) was a Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist.
Alexander PopeAuthor · BooksAlexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early…
Alfredo BosiAuthor · BooksAlfredo Bosi (26 August 1936 – 7 April 2021) was a Brazilian historian, literary critic, and professor.
Anatole Le BrazAuthor · BooksAnatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (2 April 1859 – 20 March 1926), was a French poet, folklore collector, and translator.
Anders OlssonAuthor · BooksAnders Olsson (born 19 June 1949) is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.
André BellessortAuthor · BooksAndré Bellessort (19 March 1866 in Laval, Mayenne – 22 January 1942 in Paris) was a French writer.
Angelo de GubernatisAuthor · BooksCount Angelo De Gubernatis (7 April 1840 – 26 February 1913) was an Italian man of letters. He was born in Turin and educated there and in Berlin, where he studied philology.
Arne NovákAuthor · BooksIllustration — Arne Novák before 1929
Bohdan LepkyAuthor · BooksBohdan Teodor Nestor Sylvestrovych Lepky (9 November 1872 – 21 July 1941) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist.
Dmitry Svyatopolk-MirskyAuthor · Books7 June 1939), a Russian political and literary historian who promoted the knowledge and t
Dorothy AuchterlonieAuthor · BooksDorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green; 28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.
Edmond MaloneAuthor · BooksEdmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish barrister, Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare.
Edward BalcerzanAuthor · BooksEdward Balcerzan (born 13 October 1937) is a Polish literary critic, poet, prose writer, and translator.
Edward DowdenAuthor · BooksEdward Dowden (3 May 18434 April 1913) was an Irish critic, professor, and poet.
Emma DonoghueAuthor · BooksEmma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian.
Étienne-Jean DelécluzeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Étienne-Jean Delécluze
F. R. LeavisAuthor · BooksThe Significance of C. P. Snow (lecture; 1962)
Ferenc ToldyAuthor · BooksFerenc Toldy (born Franz Karl Joseph Schedel, August 10, 1805, in Buda - December 10, 1875, in Budapest) was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Franjo BučarAuthor · BooksIllustration — Franjo Bučar's monument in Zagreb
Franz HesselAuthor · BooksFranz Hessel (November 21, 1880 – January 6, 1941) was a German writer and translator.
Friedrich GundolfAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gundolf, born Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger (20 June 1880 – 12 July 1931) was a German-Jewish literary scholar and poet and one of the best known academics of the Weimar Republic.
Friedrich Ludewig BouterwekAuthor · BooksFriedrich Ludewig Bouterwek (15 April 1766 – 9 August 1828) was a German philosopher and critic, born to a mining director at Oker, Electorate of Saxony;
Gustav SchwabAuthor · BooksGustav Benjamin Schwab (19 June 1792 – 4 November 1850) was a German writer, pastor and publisher.
Henrik SchückAuthor · BooksHenrik Schück (2 November 1855 – 3 October 1947) was a Swedish literary historian, university professor and author.
Herman GrimmAuthor · BooksHerman Grimm (6 January 1828 – 16 June 1901) was a German academic and writer.
Horace EngdahlAuthor · BooksHorace Oscar Axel Engdahl (born 30 December 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997.
Ion NegoițescuAuthor · BooksIon Negoiţescu (iˈon neɡo.iˈt͡sesku; also known as Nego; 10 August 1921 – 6 February 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading…
Izabela Sadoveanu-EvanAuthor · BooksIsabella Sadoveanu, Izabela Morțun, Izabela Sadoveanu-Andrei
J. Hillis MillerAuthor · BooksJoseph Hillis Miller Jr. (March 5, 1928 – February 7, 2021) was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction.
Jean MalaquaisAuthor · BooksJean Malaquais (1908 – 22 December 1998) was a French novelist. He was born as Wladimir Jan Pavel Malacki in Warsaw in 1908 of a non-religious Polish family of Jewish descent.
Johan Ludvig HeibergAuthor · BooksJohan Ludvig Heiberg (14 December 1791 – 25 August 1860), Danish poet, playwright, literary critic, literary historian son of the political writer Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758–1841), and of…
Johan Sebastian WelhavenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Welhaven painted by Jacob Calmeyer, 1827
Johann Georg Theodor GrässeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ca.
Johann Gottfried GruberAuthor · BooksJohann Gottfried Gruber (29 November 1774 – 7 August 1851) was a German critic and literary historian.
Johannes ScherrAuthor · BooksJohannes Scherr (3 October 1817 – 21 November 1886) was a German-born cultural historian, writer, literary critic, educator and politician who spent most of his working life in Switzerland.
Jules JaninAuthor · BooksJules Gabriel Janin (16 February 1804 – 19 June 1874) was a French writer and critic.
Julius Leopold KleinAuthor · BooksJulius Leopold Klein (Hungarian: Klein Gyula Lipót; 1810 – 2 August 1876) was a German writer of Jewish origin born in Miskolc, Hungary.
Julius Meier-GraefeAuthor · BooksJulius Meier-Graefe (10 June 1867 – 5 June 1935) was a German art critic and novelist.
Karl GoedekeAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich Ludwig Goedeke (15 April 1814 – 28 October 1887) was a German historian of literature, an author, and a professor.
Karl RosenkranzAuthor · BooksJohann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (German: [ˈʁoːzn̩kʁants]; April 23, 1805 – July 14, 1879) was a German philosopher and pedagogue.
Károly SzászAuthor · BooksKároly Szász de Szemerja (11 November 1865 – 21 March 1950) was a Hungarian literary historian and politician, who served as the last Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1917…
Katica ḰulavkovaAuthor · BooksKatica Kulavkova (Macedonian: Катица Ќулавкова, born 1951) is a Macedonian writer and academic. She has published over forty books, including twenty collections of poetry.
Krystyna ŁyczywekPhotographer · PhotographyKrystyna Antonina Łyczywek (24 August 1920 – 22 April 2021) was a Polish photographer, translator, and journalist.
Krzysztof KopczyńskiPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Krzysztof Kopczyński
Kuno FischerAuthor · BooksErnst Kuno Berthold Fischer (lang; 23 July 1824 – 5 July 1907) was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy.
Maksim HaretskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Maksim Harecki
Melchior AdamAuthor · BooksMelchior Adam (c. 1575 – 26 December 1622) was a German Calvinist literary historian.
Mihály BabitsAuthor · Books
Mikhail BakhtinAuthor · BooksMikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin[1] (mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher and literary critic who worked on the philosophy of language, ethics, and…
Milovan GlišićAuthor · BooksMilovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as the Serbian Gogol.
Niko GrafenauerAuthor · BooksNiko Grafenauer (born 5 December 1940) is a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary historian, editor and translator.
Novella MatveyevaPerson · Music memorabiliaNovella Nikolayevna Matveyeva (7 October 1934 in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg – 4 September 2016, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary…
Oscar LevertinAuthor · BooksOscar Ivar Levertin (17 July 1862, Norrköping – 22 September 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian.
Osip BrikAuthor · BooksOsip Maksimovich Brik (Russian: Осип Максимович Брик; 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1888 – 22 February 1945) was a Russian avant garde writer, literary critic and lawyer, known for being an…
Otokar FischerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otokar Fischer
Parviz Natel-KhanlariAuthor · BooksParviz Natel Khanlari (20 March 1914 – 23 August 1990) was an Iranian literary scholar, linguist, author, researcher, politician, and professor at the University of Tehran.
Paul GuthAuthor · BooksPaul Guth (5 March 1910 – 29 October 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises.
Petr HruškaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Petr Hruška in 2017
René DoumicAuthor · BooksIllustration — René Doumic
Róbert GraggerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Róbert Gragger (1925)
Robèrt LafontAuthor · BooksRobèrt Lafont (March 16, 1923 in Nîmes – June 24, 2009 in Florence) was a French intellectual from Provence.
Salman MumtazAuthor · BooksSalman Mumtaz (Salman Məmmədəmin oğlu Əsgərov; May 20, 1884, Nukha – September 6, 1941, Oryol) — Azerbaijani poet, literature historian, bibliographer, and collector of medieval…
Shigehiko HasumiAuthor · BooksShigehiko Hasumi (also romanized Shiguéhiko; born 29 April 1936) is a Japanese literary critic, film critic, French literature scholar, and novelist.
Sidney LeeAuthor · BooksSir Sidney Lee (5 December 1859 – 3 March 1926) was an English biographer, writer, and critic.
Sophus SchandorphAuthor · BooksSophus Christian Frederik Schandorph (or Skamdrup), known simply as Sophus Schandorph, (8 May 1836 – 1 January 1901), Danish poet and novelist, was born in Ringsted in Zealand.
Sylvie RichterováAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sylvie Richterová in 2016
Thorkild HansenAuthor · BooksThorkild Hansen (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist most noted for his historical fiction.
Tomas VenclovaAuthor · BooksLithuanian National Prize, Petrarca-Preis, Vilenica International Literary Prize, Zbigniew Herbert Award, Doctor Honoris Causa of Vilnius University
Valery BryusovAuthor · BooksValery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian.
Victor Aimé HuberAuthor · BooksVictor Aimé Huber (10 March 1800 – 19 July 1869) was a German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian.
Vincas Mykolaitis-PutinasAuthor · BooksVincas Mykolaitis, known by his pen name Putinas (literally Viburnum); 6 January 1893 – 7 June 1967), was a Lithuanian writer, poet and translator, accorded the honour of being a People's…
Vladimir ProppAuthor · BooksVladimir Yakovlevich Propp (29 April 1895 – 22 August 1970) was a Russian and Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify…
W. H. NewAuthor · BooksWilliam Herbert New FRSC (born March 28, 1938) is a Canadian poet and literary critic.
Walter JensAuthor · BooksWalter Jens (8 March 1923 – 9 June 2013) was a German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer.
Wilhelm SchererAuthor · BooksWilhelm Scherer (26 April 18416 August 1886) was a German philologist and historian of literature.
William HazlittArtist · PaintingsWilliam Hazlitt (10 April 177818 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.
Zdeněk RotreklAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zdeněk Rotrekl 1996

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