Walter Abraham Benjamin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Walter_Abraham_Benjamin

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate	1892-07-15
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	suicide
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Stefan_Rafael_Benjamin
gptkbp:deathDate	1940-09-26
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Portbou
gptkbp:familyName	gptkb:Benjamin
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gptkbp:givenName	gptkb:Walter
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Hannah_Arendt gptkb:Jacques_Derrida gptkb:Susan_Sontag gptkb:Theodor_W._Adorno gptkb:Michael_Taussig gptkb:Fredric_Jameson gptkb:Giorgio_Agamben
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gptkbp:language	gptkb:French gptkb:German English
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gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:German
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gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Dora_Sophie_Pollak
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:W._A._Benjamin
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Walter Abraham Benjamin