André Lefevere
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André Alphons Lefevere (1945 – 27 March 1996) was a translation theorist. He had studied at the University of Ghent (1964–1968) and then obtained his PhD at the University of Essex in 1972. When he died of acute leukemia,[1] he was Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.[2]
André Lefevere | |
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| Born | 1945 |
| Died | 27 March 1996(1996-03-27) (aged 50–51) |
| Partner | Ria Vanderauwera |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Essex |
| Thesis | Prolegomena to a grammar of literary translation: An investigation into the process of literary translation based on an analysis of various translations of Catullus' 64th poem (1972) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Translation studies Comparative literature |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |