André Lefevere
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, he was Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
André Lefevere | |
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| Born | 1945 |
| Died | 27 March 1996 (aged 50–51) United States |
| 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 |
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