Renato Poggioli

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Renato Poggioli (Florence 1907-1963) was an Italian literary critic and specialist in Russian literature. He is known for his book Teoria dell'arte d'avanguardia of 1962, translated into English as The Theory of the Avant-garde. In it he argued for the strict connection of the avant garde with the legacy of Romanticism. Father of NPR correspondent, Sylvia Poggioli. He is briefly mentioned in Saul Bellow's novel Herzog.

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Name	Poggioli, Renato
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Date of birth	1907
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Date of death	1963
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