death_date death_place birth_place notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
13 october 1957 wallingford , connecticut , usa berlin , german empire '' literature '' mimesis : the representation of reality in western 9 november 1892 erichauerbach.jpg erich auerbach
 erich auerbach literary critic , philologist
erich auerbach

erich auerbach -lrb- november 9 , 1892 -- october 13 , 1957 -rrb- was a philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature .
his best-known work is '' '' , a history of representation in western literature from ancient to modern times and frequently cited as a classic in the study of realism in literature .
