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TY - JOUR
T1 - Three biographical studies of Walter Benjamin
AU - Gilloch, Graeme
PY - 1992/3
Y1 - 1992/3
N2 - Along with German re-unification, a much quieter and more subdued series of events took place in Berlin in 1990: those marking the fiftieth anniversary of the tragic death of one of the city's most intriguing intellectual sons: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). A forgotten figure in the immediate post-war period, he is now recognised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation. 1990 saw the publication of two biographical studies and the preparation of a third.The contours of Benjamin's life are relatively familiar. The eldest of three children in a prosperous, assimilated Jewish family, Benjamin was born, brought up, and educated in Berlin until he was sent to the progressive Haubinda school in Thuringia.
AB - Along with German re-unification, a much quieter and more subdued series of events took place in Berlin in 1990: those marking the fiftieth anniversary of the tragic death of one of the city's most intriguing intellectual sons: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). A forgotten figure in the immediate post-war period, he is now recognised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation. 1990 saw the publication of two biographical studies and the preparation of a third.The contours of Benjamin's life are relatively familiar. The eldest of three children in a prosperous, assimilated Jewish family, Benjamin was born, brought up, and educated in Berlin until he was sent to the progressive Haubinda school in Thuringia.
U2 - 10.3817/0392091173
DO - 10.3817/0392091173
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1992
SP - 173
EP - 178
JO - Telos
JF - Telos
SN - 0090-6514
IS - 91
ER -