Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Polish-born German literary critic
Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2 June 1920 – 18 September 2013) was a Polish-German literary critic and member of the literary group Gruppe 47.[1] He was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary literary critics in the field of German literature and has often been called Literaturpapst ("Pope of Literature") in Germany.[2]
Reich-Ranicki was born on 2 June 1920 in Włocławek, Poland. He was raised in Berlin, Germany. Reich-Ranicki was married to Teofila Reich-Ranicki from 1942 until her death in 2011. They had no children. Reich-Ranicki died on 18 September 2013 in Frankfurt, having previously been diagnosed with prostate cancer.[1][3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Marcel Reich-Ranicki ist tot - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel Online. Retrieved September 18, 2013. (in German)
- ↑ WHO'S WHO profile: Marcel Reich-Ranicki (in German)
- ↑ Oltermann, Phillip (18 September 2013). "Marcel Reich-Ranicki, German literary critic, dies aged 93". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
Other websites
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Media related to Marcel Reich-Ranicki at Wikimedia Commons
- Reich-Ranicki.com Archived 2010-03-12 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki on literaturkritik.de (in German)