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Twentieth-century Eastern European writers. Second series by Steven Serafin
Call Number: Z2483 .T88 2000
ISBN: 0787631299
Publication Date: c2000
This comprehensive dictionary provides biographical, critical, and bibliographic information about Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Romanian writers. All articles are accompanied by photographs. In English.

Belarus

Belaruskii͡a pisʹmenniki: bii͡abiblii͡ahrafichny sloŭnik u 6 tamakh by A.V. Malʹdzisa ; rėdaktsyĭnai͡a kalehii͡a, I.Ė. Bahdanovich ... et al.
Call Number: Z2519.5 .B45 1992
ISBN: 5857000602
Publication Date: 1992-1995
This comprehensive dictionary of Belarusian literature includes articles on 1100 Belarusian writers from the 16th century through the Soviet period. The authors wrote in Belarusian, Old Church Slavonic, Latin, Russian, Polish and other literary languages of Belarus. Every article consists of a short biography and bibliography of the writer. The dictionary provides bibliographic descriptions to more than 600,000 works. In Belarusian.
Belaruski ĭ belarusavedny druk na Zakhadze : asobnyi͡a vydanʹni : biblii͡ahrafii͡a by Z. Kipel, V. Kipel, eds.
Call Number: Z2519.5 .K57 2003
Publication Date: 2003
This is a bibliography of Belarussian publications abroad. in Belarusian; with introduction and table of contents in English.
Ėntsyklapedyi͡a litaratury i mastatstva Belarusi u 5 tamakh by I. P. Shamiakin
Call Number: PN41 .E57 1984
Publication Date: 1984-1987
A general encyclopedia of literature and art that includes many entries on West and East European writers. Many entries have brief bibliographies, as well as illustrations. In Belarusian.

Bulgaria

Istoriiata na Bŭlgariia v khudozhestvenata literatura: bibliografski ukazatel by E. P. Vasileva
Call Number: Z2898 .L5 V37 1981
Publication Date: 1983
This bibliography on the history of Bulgarian literature lists about 1500 titles of short stories, novels, essays, memoirs, and poems by Bulgarian authors, as well as titles translated into Bulgarian. The volume includes author, genre and geographical indexes. In Bulgarian.
Rechnik na bŭlgarskata literatura by G. Tsanev
Call Number: PG1000.2 .R4
Publication Date: 1976-
A comprehensive dictionary of Bulgarian literature published by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences that contains 1500 articles on Bulgarian writers, translators, literary critics, and historians. It also contains articles on the most important works of Old Bulgarian literature. Supplemented with illustrations and bibliographies. In Bulgarian.
Starobŭlgarska literatura : ent͡siklopedichen rechnik by Donka Petkanova; nauchni redaktori Ivan Dobrev i Anisava Miltenova ; otgovoren redaktor Donka Petkanova.
Call Number: PG1006 .S73 2003
ISBN: 9544275320
Publication Date: 2003
This dictionary of Old Bulgarian literature contains entries on writers, translators, book publishers, famous works, literary monuments, heresies, and overviews of literary genres and terminology. Each entry includes a scholarly bibliography. In Bulgarian.
Sǔvremenni bǔlgarski pisateli by Diugmedzhieva, Petia Trifonova
Call Number: Z2898 .L5 D584
Publication Date: 1972
A bibliography of modern Bulgarian writers that includes references to different editions of literary publications. Authors born after 1900 were selected for the bibliography. The bibliography is arranged alphabetically. Author and title indexes are included. In Bulgarian.
Азбучник на Съюза на българските писатели 1913-2016 / Azbuchnik na Sŭi͡uza na bŭlgarskite pisateli 1913-2016 by B. Kasabova et al.
Call Number: PG1004 .A98 2016
ISBN: 6192040745
Publication Date: 2016
This is a biographical dictionary of Bulgarian writers, 1913-2016.

Croatia

Autobiografije hrvatskih pisaca by Vinko Bresic
Call Number: PG1604 .A95 1997x
Publication Date: 1997
This collection consists of 157 autobiographical sketches of one hundred Croatian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Each autobiographical text is accompanied with a portrait of the author, a brief biography, and bibliography of his or her works. In Croatian.
Croatian Literature in English by Katia Grubišić and Vinko Grubišić
Call Number: Z2908 .L5 G78 2007
ISBN: 9789530614864
Publication Date: 2007
Leksikon hrvatskih pisaca by Kresimir Nemec
Call Number: PG1604 .L455 2000
ISBN: 9530611072
Publication Date: 2000

Czech Republic

Ceska literatura v exilu 1948-1989 by František Knopp
Call Number: PG5007 .K567 1996
ISBN: 8086003000
Publication Date: c1996
This bibliography of Czech writers in exile is a great reference tool for researchers. It provides detailed bibliographies of each writer along with brief biographical notes. The bibliography includes of 8103 entries. In Czech.
Lexikon ceske literatury: osobnosti, dila, institutce by V. Forst
Call Number: Z2138 .L5 L49 1985
ISBN: 8020004688
Publication Date: 1985
A comprehensive dictionary of Czech literature that includes entries for writers from the 13th to 20th century. Each entry includes a biography, the author's bibliography, and a selected bibliography of literary criticism. Includes an index. In Czech.
Slovnik ceskych spisovatelu od roku 1945 by zprac. Oddělení současné literatury Ústavu pro českou literaturu AV ČR ; ved. red. Pavel Janoušek
Call Number: PG5004 .S55 1995
ISBN: 8072430149
Publication Date: 1995-
This dictionary of Czech literature is an excellent guide to authors and their works from 1945 to the present. Each entry includes a short biography, the author's bibliography, and a selected bibliography of literary criticism. Author index included. In Czech.
Ryby katedrál : antologie české poesie XX. století v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku by Odillo Stradický ze Strdic
Call Number: PG5025.4 .R93 2001
ISBN: 8072271164
Publication Date: 2001
This is an anthology of Czech poetry XX. century in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.

Hungary

A History of Hungarian Literature by István Nemeskürty ... [et al.] ; ed. by Tibor Klaniczay ; text transl. by István Farkas ... [et al.] ; revi. by Bertha Gaster ; poems transl. by László András ... [et al.].
Call Number: PH3019 .H56 1982
ISBN: 9631315428
Publication Date: 1983
This history provides readers with essential facts about Hungarian writers' lives and times, a description of their ideas, and the nature of their works, from the Middle Ages to the 1970s. Also described are specific genres, movements, and historical and socio-cultural currents. Includes a selected bibliography, name index, and selected portraits of individual writers. In English.
Hungarian-Canadian Literature by George Bisztray
Call Number: PH 3415 B58 1987
ISBN: 0802057152
Publication Date: 1987
This publication provides an overview of Hungarian-Canadian literature since World War II. It includes a bibliography covering anthologies, critical surveys of Hungarian-Canadian literature, and individual authors and their works. Includes an index of names. In English.
Hungarian Authors: A Bibliographical Handbook by Albert Tezla
Call Number: Z2148 .L5 T39
Publication Date: 1970
The bibliography covers Hungarian literature from 1450 to 1965. The bibliography includes 4571 entries which list works of 162 authors. A short biographical article for each writer is also provided. Appendixes include lists of literary award, societies, newspapers, and periodicals mentioned in the book; and a list of authors arranged by literary periods. Includes a name index. In English.
A magyar irodalom arcképcsarnoka : pályaképek, életrajzok a magyar irodalomból by György János
Call Number: PH3028 .M3485 2008
ISBN: 9731510214
Publication Date: 2008
This is a collection of biographies of Hungarian writers.

Poland

Bibliografia literatury polskiej: Nowy Korbut by Kazimierz Budzyk et al.
Call Number: Z2528 .L5 P587
Publication Date: 1963-1994
This bibliography of Polish literature is a new edition of "Stary Korbut". Each entry includes a brief biographical sketch and a list of works. Entries on more prominent authors contain also a list of bibliographic works devoted to the writer. In each volume personal entries are alphabetically arranged. Personal entries are preceded by subject entries. Besides volumes focusing on early Polish literature, the Enlightenement, Romanticism, literature of Positivitism and Young Poland, there are entire volumes dedicated to individual authors, such as, Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, and others. In Polish.
Encyklopedia literatury polskiej by Elzbiety Zarych
Call Number: PG7007 .E53 2005
ISBN: 8374350571
Publication Date: 2005
This encyclopedia of Polish literature includes more than 1500 entries with biographies of writers and poets, as well as articles on literary movements and theories. In Polish.
Slownik pseudonimow pisarzy polskich XV w. – 1970 r. by Edmunda Jankowskiego
Call Number: Z1073.5 .S63 1994
ISBN: 8304041103
Publication Date: 1994-1998
This resource is a dictionary of Polish pseudonyms from the 15th century to 1995. It provides only the pseudonym and real name without biographical information.
Słownik literatury polskiej by Marek Piechota, Marek Pytasz, Piotr Wilczek.
Call Number: PG7007 .S5828 2006
ISBN: 8371834063,
Publication Date: 2006
A dictionary of Polish literature which consists of ten parts according to various literary epochs.

Russia

Bibliograficheskiĭ ukazatelʹ literatury po russkomu i͡azykoznanii͡u s 1825 po 1880 god by N. S. Avilova, E. T. Cherkasova i N. I͡U. Shvedova (rukovoditelʹ gruppy) ; glav. redaktor V. V. Vinogradov
Call Number: Z2505 .A55
Publication Date: 1954-59
An annotated bibliography of works on Russian linguistics from 1825 to 1880 compiled by scholars at the Academy of Sciences. It contains seven parts and an index volume. In Russian.
Historical dictionary of Russian literature by Jonathan Stone
Call Number: PG2940 .S76 2013
ISBN: 9780810871823
Publication Date: 2013
This concise dictionary contains entries about significant figures, topics and genres of Russian literature.
Literaturnai͡a ėnt͡siklopedii͡a russkogo zarubezhʹi͡a, 1918-1940 by A.N. Nikoli͡ukin ; redkollegii͡a, N.A. Bogomolov, E.A. T͡Surganova, A.I. Chagin]
Call Number: PG3515 .L59 1996
ISBN: 5248000904
Publication Date: 1996-
This encyclopedia of Russian emigre literature is an excellent source on Russian writers and periodicals in the interwar period. The first volume contains articles on Russian emigre writers and critics; the second volume (in three parts) consists of articles on the major almanacs, periodicals, literary centres, and publishing houses of the Russian emigration; the third volume (in three parts) focuses on the most important publications of writers and literary critics of this period; and the fourth volume (in three parts) contains articles on Russian and world literature influenced by Russian emigres. In Russian.
Literaturno-khudozhestvennye al'manakhi i sborniki by O.D. Golubeva
Call Number: Z2504 .C6 V7
Publication Date: 1957-1959
This bibliography lists all almanacs and anthologies published in Russia from 1900 to 1937. The volumes are arranged chronologically, and include geographic, title, and name indexes. In Russian.
Novai͡a Rossii͡a : mir literatury : ėnt͡siklopedicheskiĭ slovarʹ-spravochnik v dvukh tomakh by Sergei Chuprinin
Call Number: PG2940 .C48 2003
ISBN: 5956001569
Publication Date: 2003
This encyclopedic dictionary consists of biographical entries on Russian writers, poets, and editors living in Russia and abroad. The chronological range is from 1985 to 2001. In Russian.
Reference Guide to Russian Literature by Neil Cornwell (Editor)
Call Number: PG2940 .R43 1998
ISBN: 1884964109
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
This guide is an excellent source for everyone new to Russian literature. The resource has introductory essays, an alphabetical list of writers and works, and a chronological list of writers. It is arranged alphabetically and provides biographies and major publications for each writer, as well as bibliographies of critical studies on particular authors. In English.
Russkai͡a literatura 1920-1930-kh godov : portrety poėtov by A.G. Gacheva, S.G. Semenova, eds.
Call Number: PG2991.4 .R867 2008
ISBN: 9785920802989
Publication Date: 2008
This collection includes entries about the most prominent Russian poets of the 1920s and 1930s.
Russkie pisateli: XX vek: biobibliograficheskiĭ slovar’ by N. N. Skatov
Call Number: PG2991.4 .R87 1998
ISBN: 5090069948
Publication Date: 1998
This bio-biographical dictionary covers more than 500 Russian writers, poets, and playwrights. A great emphasis is made on Russian emigre writers. The entries focus on the career of the writer and his/her most important works. Arranged alphabetically. In Russian.
Russkie sovetskie pisateli. Poėty : biobibliograficheskiĭ ukazatelʹ by I.V. Aleksakhina, kand. filol. nauk. D.A. Berman, F.M. Bykova, ... et al.
Call Number: PG3056 .R795
ISBN: 570000030X
Publication Date: 1977-
The Russian Soviet Writers, Poets: Bibliographical Dictionary is dedicated to the works of the poets of the Soviet era. The resource covers more than 200 poets providing biographies of the poets, lists books and any prose works by authors, and providing an alphabetical list of poetic works published in books. In Russian.
Slovarʹ-ukazatelʹ si͡uzhetov i motivov russkoĭ literatury by E. K. Romodanovskaia
Call Number: PG2986 S65 2003
ISBN: 9785769205927
Publication Date: 2003
The dictionary is devoted to themes and motifs in Russian literature from XI to XX centuries. The resource is divided into three groups: Biblical, mythology, and tsarists.This is a unique resource to researchers to obtain an overview of the most famous topics in Russian literature. In Russian.
Русская поэзия XX века : 1961-1991 : Библиографический справочник / Russkai͡a poėzii͡a XX veka : 1961-1991 : Bibliograficheskiĭ spravochnik by Lev Turchinskiĭ
Call Number: Z2504 .P7 T874 2016
ISBN: 5904007132
Publication Date: 2016
This reference guide contains bibliographic descriptions of approximately 80 000 poetry collections published in Russian from 1961 to 1991.

Slovakia

Slovník diel slovenskej literatúry 20. storočia by Vladimír Barborík ... et al.
Call Number: PG5407 .S568 2006
Publication Date: 2006
This dictionary of Slovak literature of the 20th century is useful for the study of Slovak writers and poets who published works between 1901 and 2000. Every article describes a particular work of an author. Works covered were selected by the editorial board. Includes indexes of names and titles of works. In Slovak.
Slovník slovenských spisovatel̓ov 20. storočia by Augustin Mat'ovcik et al.
Call Number: PG5404 .S58 2001
ISBN: 808061122X
Publication Date: 2001
This dictionary of 20th-century Slovak literature includes over 1100 articles on poets, prose writers, dramatists, translators, literary and cultural historians, and critics, living in Slovakia and abroad. Each entry includes: name of the writer; the genre in which he or she worked; date and place of birth and death; if applicable, pseudonyms associated with the writer; biography and review of publishing history; and a selected bibliography of critical works.

Slovenia

Slovenska književnost by Janko Kos... et al.
Call Number: PG1902 .S57 1996x
ISBN: 8636109299
Publication Date: 1996
This dictionary of literature provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical information about Slovene writers from the 10th to 20th century.

Ukraine

Literaturoznavcha ent͡syklopedii͡a u dvokh tomakh by IU. I. Kovaliv
Call Number: PN41 .K68 2007
ISBN: 9789665802327
Publication Date: 2007
This encyclopedia of Ukrainian literature is a comprehensive source on the subject, ranging from the ancient period through to postmodernism. The encyclopedia covers literary works (prose, poetry, drama, etc.), genres, terminology, and a variety of other concepts in Ukrainian literature, as well as world literature. The first volume consists of 3180 entries and the second one has 3383. In Ukrainian.
Slovnyk ukraïnsʹkykh psevdonimiv ta kryptonimiv (XVI-XX st.) by Deǐ, Oleksiǐ Ivanovych
Call Number: Z2514 .U5 D45
Publication Date: 1969
This resource is a dictionary of over 10,000 Ukrainian pseudonyms from the 16th to 20th century. Included are writers, critics, journalists, actors, artists, and community figures who published in Ukraine, Poland, Canada, and Switzerland. The dictionary provides the pseudonym and real name without biographical information. Under each entry are found a list of publications which are identified with the pseudonym, and a source by which the real identity of the writer was established.
Ukrainian literature in English, 1966-1979 : an annotated bibliography by Marta Tarnawsky
Call Number: Z2519.64 .L5 T372 2010
ISBN: 1894865111
Publication Date: 2010
This bibliography covers materials (books, articles and translations from Ukrainian into English) from 1966 to 1979.
Ukraïnsʹka literaturna entsyklopedii͡a: v pʹi͡aty tomakh by I. O. Dzeverin
Call Number: PG 3902 .U57 1988
ISBN: 5885000034
Publication Date: 1988-
This encyclopedia of Ukrainian literature comprises entries on writers and critics working on the territory of Ukraine, who wrote in Ukrainian or in other languages, and those living abroad. There are articles on: on journals, almanacs, and anthologies; publishers; aesthetics and literary theory; and folklore.
Ukraïnsʹki pysʹmennyky: bio-bibliohrafichnyĭ slovnyk by O. I. Bilets’kyi
Call Number: Z2514 .U5 U42
This bio-bibliographical dictionary of Ukrainian writers is an excellent source for the study of Ukrainian literature from the 11th century to the 20th century. The first volume covers Ukrainian literature from the 11th-18th centuries, the second and third volumes cover the 19th-20th centuries, and the fourth and fifth volumes cover the Soviet period. For most writers, the source provides brief biographies, lists of authors' works (arranged chronologically); critical works (arranged chronologically); and a bibliography of bibliographies. In Ukrainian.
Ukraïnsʹki pysʹmennyky: bio-bibliohrafichnyĭ slovnyk: u p'i͡aty tomakh by O. I. Bilets'kyi
Call Number: Z2514 .U5 U42 2005
ISBN: 9668690206
Publication Date: 2005-
This bio-bibliographical dictionary of Ukrainian writers is a revised edition of the one published in 1960. This dictionary is one of the only good reference tools on the history of Ukrainian literature from the 11th to 18th centuries. In Ukrainian.
Українська поезія кінця ХІХ--середини ХХ ст. : бібліографія : aнтологія / Ukraïnsʹka poezii͡a kint͡si͡a XIX--seredyny XX st. : bibliohrafii͡a : antolohii͡a by I͡Uriĭ P'i͡adyk
Call Number: Z2519.64 .L5 P53 2010
ISBN: 9662141510
Publication Date: 2010
This comprehensive bibliography contains entries about Ukrainian poets of the late XIX-early XX c and works of critical literature.
Shevchenkivsʹka ent͡syklopedii͡a : v 6 tomakh by M.H. Z͡Hulynsʹkyĭ (holova) ... [et al.].
Call Number: PG3948 .S51 A2 2012
ISBN: 9789660264205
Publication Date: 2012
Encyclopedia about life and works of Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861).
Literaturoznavchyĭ slovnyk-dovidnyk by R. Hromi͡ak, I͡U. Kovaliv, Teremko, V.I.
Call Number: PN41 L47 2007
ISBN: 9789665802440
Publication Date: 2007
A dictionary of literary terms and concepts, this collection also includes entries about Ukrainian almanacs, literary magazines and writers' societies.

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