David Damrosch Explained

David Damrosch is an American literary historian, was born in Maine and raised there and in New York, currently the Ernest Bernbaum Professor at Harvard University and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[1] [2] [3] [4] His great-great-grandfather was Leopold Damrosch. [5]

Damrosch studied at Yale University, receiving his BA in 1975 and his PhD in 1980. He taught at Columbia University from 1980 until 2009 when he moved to Harvard University.[6] He founded the Institute for World Literature in 2010[7] and has previously been the president of the American Comparative Literature Association.

In 2023 he was awarded the Balzan Prize.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Damrosch. harvard.edu. April 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: CV . harvard.edu . April 14, 2017.
  3. Web site: Damrosch, David . worldcat.org . April 14, 2017.
  4. Web site: Newly Elected Fellows . amacad.org . April 14, 2017.
  5. Web site: David Damrosch | Interview | American Masters | PBS. .
  6. Web site: David Damrosch. scholar.harvard.edu. 14 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Reflections on the Institute for World Literature at Harvard University (20 June – 14 July, 2016). CHASE - Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England. 14 May 2017. 17 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017020028/http://www.chase.ac.uk/chase-blog/2016/8/4/reflections-on-the-institute-for-world-literature-at-harvard-university-20-june-14-july-2016. dead.
  8. https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners Balzan Prize 2023

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