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Selected Writings: 1938-1940

This volume compiles a selection of writings, including essays and other literary pieces, from the years 1938 to 1940. more

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Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin, born on July 15, 1892, and died on September 26, 1940, was a prominent German literary critic whose works profoundly influenced 20th-century literary criticism and cultural theory. more

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