Walter Jens

German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer.

Born March 8th, 1923 in Hamburg. [ref]

Died June 9th, 2013 at 90 years old in Tübingen. [ref]

Occupations
critic, literary critic, literary historian, philologist, playwright, rhetorician, screenwriter, translator, university teacher, writer
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