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A brighter, clearer light.(book on popular German book reviewer)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, The Author of Himself: The Life of Marcel Reich-Ranicki, translated by Barbara Bray. Princeton University Press, 404 pages, $35
There is no American counterpart to Germany's critical impresario, Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Known, with a rather pointed admiration, as the "literature pope," Reich-Ranicki, or MRR, revitalized the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's book section in the 1970s during his fifteen-year tenure as literary editor. In 1988 he became a household name with his hour-long televised talk-show "Literarische Quartett" (Literary Quartet). Six times a year for thirteen years, he and three other critics discussed five ...
- The Author of Himself: The Life of Marcel Reich-Ranicki.
- Magazine article from: Partisan Review Margolin, Elaine June 22, 2002 700+ words
By Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Translated by Ewald Osers...murdered his mother and father, Marcel Reich-Ranicki went back to live in Germany...remains today at eighty. Why? Marcel Reich-Ranicki was born in a small Polish town...
- Welch ein Leben: Marcel Reich-Ranickis Erinnerungen -- Stimmen, Kritiken,...
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Birnbaum, Marianna D. March 22, 2001 700+ words
Welch ein Leben: Marcel Reich-Ranickis Erinnerungen -- Stimmen...is obvious that the octogenarian Marcel Reich-Ranicki is not an average literary critic...Since the late 1950s, Reich-Ranicki, as critic and media star, could...
- Mein Leben. (Autobiography).(Review)
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Birnbaum, Marianna D. March 22, 2001 700+ words
Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Mein Leben Stuttgart/Munich. DVA/DTV 1999/2000. 565 pages...some of his best friends. It is obvious that the octogenarian Marcel Reich-Ranicki is not an average literary critic. He is recognized in the streets...
- A Survivor's Spy Scandal: Jewish Literary Critic's Buried Past
- Newspaper article from: Forward Christian Caryl August 19, 1994 700+ words
...Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Marcel Reich-Ranicki shaped the tastes of a nation...with suspicion, Mr. Reich-Ranicki stood out as a connoisseur of...decided to delve into Mr. Reich-Ranicki's past. Mr. Jens says that...
- THE BIBLIOFILE
- Newspaper article from: Forward Douglas Century September 8, 1995 700+ words
...mean in it metaphorically. But Marcel Reich-Ranicki took the saying literally when...criticism posed by Mr. Reich-Ranicki, a Warsaw Ghetto survivor who...already sold out. Mr. Reich-Ranicki presented his review in the form...
- Die Anwalte der Literatur.
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Rudnick, Hans H. January 1, 1995 700+ words
In his concluding remarks Marcel Reich-Ranicki takes great pains to state that...with educative fervor, Reich-Ranicki reveals here his own mentors and...Literaturbetrieb. Born in 1920, Reich-Ranicki belongs to the generation that...
- Piedra de Toque/ Patria portatil.(Internacional)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) July 23, 2002 700+ words
...Hasta que le la autobiografa de Marcel Reich-Ranicki, "Mi vida" (Galaxia Gutenberg...dedicaron a las obras ajenas. Reich-Ranicki, no. Era todava un adolescente...final". Las pginas donde Reich-Ranicki narra sus aos de escolar en un...
- Not a ripping read; German fiction.('Tod eines Kritikers' (Death of a Critic)')
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 31, 2002 700+ words
...trouble in identifying the noted German critic, Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Mr Reich-Ranicki, whose autobiography was recently translated...provocatively submitted his book--Mr Reich-Ranicki found his apotheosis on television, where he...
Source: HighBeam Research, A brighter, clearer light.(book on popular German book reviewer)