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Renato Poggioli

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Birthplace: Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Death: May 03, 1963 (56)
Crescent City, Contea di Del Norte, CA, United States
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Father of Sylvia Poggioli

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About Renato Poggioli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Poggioli

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.

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Renato Poggioli's Timeline

1907
April 16, 1907
Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
1946
May 19, 1946
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1963
May 3, 1963
Age 56
Crescent City, Contea di Del Norte, CA, United States