Renato Poggioli (April 16, 1907 in Florence – May 3, 1963 in Crescent City), was an Italian academic specializing in comparative literature.[1] After 1938, he lived in the United States. At the time of his death, he was the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University.[2] A prolific writer and translator, who was fluent in five languages, he is considered one of the founders of the academic discipline of comparative literature in the United States.[3]
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- ^ Unsigned article, "Renato Poggioli Dies at 56, Noted Scholar and Author", Harvard Crimson, May 6, 1963.
- ^ Ludovico, Roberto. "Renato Poggioli. Between History and Literature". Retrieved 3 November 2021.