Paul de Man
Belgian literary critic
Paul de Man, born Paul Adolph Michel Deman, was a Belgian-born literary critic and literary theorist. He was known particularly for his importation of German and French philosophical approaches into Anglo-American literary studies and critical... Wikipedia
Born: December 6, 1919, Antwerp, Belgium
Died: December 21, 1983 (age 64 years), New Haven, CT
Education: Free University of Brussels; Harvard University (Ph.D., 1960)
Notable ideas: Criticism of authorial intentionalism
School: Deconstruction