Saint-Lambert in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Walter Benjamin
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 28, 2024
1. Walter Benjamin Marker
1892-1940
Philosophe et Ecrivain allemand
Traducteur
de Proust et Baudelaire
a vecu dans cet immeuble
de 1938 a 1940
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), German philosopher and writer, translator of Proust and Baudelaire, lived in this building from 1938 to 1940.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.
Location. 48° 50.187′ N, 2° 17.792′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint-Lambert. Marker is on Rue Dombasle west of Rue Olivier de Serres, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Rue Dombasle, Paris, Île-de-France 75015, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Georges Bruyere (within shouting distance of this marker); Roger Rigaudie (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Alphonse Osbert (about 210 meters away); Germain Bedeau (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Paul Budant (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Louis-Victor Cazalot (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Le Stade Légion Saint-Michel / Legion Saint-Michel Stadium
this page online
Also see . . . Walter Benjamin (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940[8]) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist. An eclectic thinker who combined elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, Jewish mysticism, and Neo-Kantianism, Benjamin made influential contributions to aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and historical materialism. He was associated with the Frankfurt School and also maintained formative friendships with thinkers such as playwright Bertolt Brecht and Kabbalah scholar Gershom Scholem...(Submitted on April 30, 2024.)
Among Benjamin's best known works are the essays "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (1935) and "Theses on the Philosophy of History" (1940). His major work as a literary critic included essays on Baudelaire, Goethe, Kafka, Kraus, Leskov, Proust, Walser, Trauerspiel and translation theory. He also made major translations into German of the Tableaux Parisiens section of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal and parts of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu.
In 1940, at the age of 48, Benjamin died by suicide at Portbou on the French–Spanish border while attempting to escape the advance of the Third Reich. Though popular acclaimeluded him during his life, the decades following his death won his work posthumous renown.Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 28, 20242. Walter Benjamin Marker - wide view
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 28, 2024
3. Walter Benjamin Marker - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 49 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 29, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
