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Marianna D. Birnbaum

Professor Emerita

E-mail: birnbaum@humnet.ucla.edu Fields of interest: Hungarian Literature; Renaissance Culture of Central Europe; Jews in Renaissance Europe

Marianna D. Birnbaum was a literary and cultural historian of Hungarian origin, a research professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and guest professor at the Central European University. She passed away in February 2025 at the age of 90. Her field of research is Central European culture from the 15th century to the present. Hungarian Literature Online posted a tribute to her on February 27, 2025 and it can be found here:

Writer Marianna D. Birnbaum Has Passed Away | hlo.hu – Hungarian Literature Online

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