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Peter Demetz

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Biography of Peter Demetz

21. Oct 1922 – 30. Apr 2024(101 years)Died in:United States

Tschechisch-US-amerikanischer Übersetzer, Schriftsteller und Germanist

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Prague, Czech Republic

United States

United States

Occupation(8)

translator writer university teacher literary critic literary historian germanist editor literary theorist

Awards(6)

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Wilbur Cross Medal Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University Guggenheim Fellowship Goethe Medal

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Yale University

Peter Demetz (* 21. October 1922 in Prague; † 30. April 2024 in United States) was a tschechisch-US-amerikanischer Übersetzer, Schriftsteller und Germanist. He was 101 years old. He worked at Yale University. He received 6 awards, including Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Wilbur Cross Medal.

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1922

Born in Prague, Czech Republic

2024

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