Goethe was a German poet and writer. He coined the term “World Literature” during a conversation with his student John Peter Eckermann in his house at Weimar, Germany, on January 31, 1827 [1].
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1- Puchner, Martin. The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization. Random House, 2017. pp. 234-5.
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