Joseph Frank | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | October 6, 1918
Died | February 27, 2013 Palo Alto, California, U.S. | (aged 94)
Occupation | Literary scholar, biographer |
Education | University of Chicago (PhD) |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Joseph Frank (October 6, 1918 – February 27, 2013) was an American literary scholar and a leading expert on the life and work of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. Frank's five-volume biography of Dostoevsky is frequently cited among the major literary biographies of the 20th century.[1]