Peter Demetz

Peter Demetz
Peter Demetz, 2012
Born	October 21, 1922 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Scholar of German literature, Sterling Professor emeritus at Yale University, published author
Notable work	Marx, Engels, and the Poets: Origins of Marxist Literary Criticism (1967), Prague in black and gold: scenes from the life of a European city (1997), Air show at Brescia, 1909 (2002), Prague in danger: the years of German occupation, 1939-45: memories and history, terror and resistance, theater and jazz, film and poetry, politics and war (2008)

Peter Demetz (born Petr Demetz in Prague, Czechoslovakia; October 21, 1922) is an American scholar of German literature and a Sterling Professor emeritus at Yale University, and also a published author. He was formerly the Craig Distinguished Visiting Professor at Rutgers University.

Demetz turned 100 in October 2022.

Selected publications

• Demetz, Peter (1967). Marx, Engels, and the Poets: Origins of Marxist Literary Criticism. Translated by Sammons, Jeffrey L. (Revised ed.). Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press.
• Demetz, Peter (1997). Prague in black and gold : scenes from the life of a European city. Macmillan. ISBN 9780809016099.
• Demetz, Peter (2002). Air show at Brescia, 1909. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9781429998840.
• Demetz, Peter (2008). Prague in danger : the years of German occupation, 1939-45 : memories and history, terror and resistance, theater and jazz, film and poetry, politics and war. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9781429930352.