Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Reich-Ranicki in 2007
Reich-Ranicki in 2007
BornMarceli Reich
(1920-06-02)2 June 1920
Włocławek, Kuyavia, Poland
Died18 September 2013(2013-09-18) (aged 93)
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
OccupationLiterary critic
Notable awardsGoethe Prize (2002)
Spouse
Teofila
(m. 1942; died 2011)

Marcel Reich-Ranicki (German: [maʁˈsɛl ˌʁaɪçʁaˈnɪtskiː]; 2 June 1920 – 18 September 2013) was a Polish-born German literary critic and member of the informal literary association 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]

  1. ^ "Marcel Reich-Ranicki ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  2. ^ WHO'S WHO profile: Marcel Reich-Ranicki (in German)