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Biography
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Gale Literature Resource Centre.Gale Group, 2003.
Look up authors using the
Person Search tool on the main page and then selecting the
Biographies heading from the horizontal choices at the top of the result list. The database organizes entries into biography, literature criticism, biographies, reviews and news, primary sources and literary works, and multimedia.
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Gale in Context: Biography.Gale Group, 2003-
Similar to Gale’s Literature Resource Centre, and just as good, this database is a great starting place for literary biography. While some of the entries overlap with the Literature Resource Centre, many do not, so looking at both resources is worthwhile.
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Twentieth Century German Literature.Edited by A. Closs and others.
London: Cresset, 1969.
Historical, biographical, bibliographic, and critical information on 20th-century German authors and literature.
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Autorenlexikon der Gegenwart.By Karl August Kutzbach.
Bonn: Bouvier, 1950-.
A bio-bibliographic dictionary with approximately a thousand entries on 20th- century German writers. While dated, the Neues Handbuch remains useful because it not only lets users look up an author by name, but also by the form of writing, region, philosophical outlook, etc.
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Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte.By Paul Merker and Wolfgang Stammler.
Berlin: De Gruyter, 1955-1988. 5 volumes.
The articles in this dictionary of German literature focus on genres, literary periods, national and regional literatures, and general terminology. Extensive bibliographies.
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Autorenlexikon deutschsprachiger Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts.Edited by Manfred Brauneck.
Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1991.
An author dictionary providing over 1,000 entries on writers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Each entry provides a biographical sketch, criticism of the writer's work, and a listing of the author's writings. There is also a general bibliography of criticism arranged by topic.
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Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftsteller von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.By Günter Albrecht and others.
Hildesheim: Olms, 1992-1999. 2 volumes.
A bio-bibliographic sourcebook with about 1,400 entries on writers from German-speaking countries. The first volume covers writers from Medieval times to the close of the 19th century. The second covers the 20th century and gives good coverage of East German writers. Includes bibliography.