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Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
- Child of Emil Benjamin
- Married to Dora Sophie Kellner
- Dated 15 July 1892 CE – 26 September 1940 CE
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- was influenced by Bertolt Brecht
- was influenced by Charles Baudelaire
- was influenced by Ernst Bloch
- was influenced by Georg Lukács
- was influenced by Gershom Scholem German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)
- was influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
- was influenced by كارل ماركس German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
- influenced Fredric Jameson American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)
- influenced Hannah Arendt German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
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