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The ''Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender'' is a reference work that lists not only currently around 12,000 bio-bibliographic articles and addresses of writers of German literature, but also translators, publishers, agencies, radio stations, writers‘ associations' academies, literary magazines and feuilletons as well as literary prizes and awards in the German-speaking countries. Currently it is published every other year in two volumes by the publisher Walter de Gruyter. The reference work is named after the specialist in German studies Joseph Kürschner. ==History== For more than 130 years Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender has documented the contemporary literary scene. The compendium, constituted in 1879 by Heinrich and Julius Hart, was resumed in 1883 by Joseph Kürschner, who, with strategic and economic foresight, expanded it by introducing a questionnaire for authors, which in an updated version is valid to date, from a list of 1260 writers to around 16,000 entries (in the 10th year) and made it a popular and comprehensive reference work. Without any critical judgement, the literary calendar presents living authors of German language fiction – regardless of their citizenship and where they live and work. After Kürschner’s death in 1902 the calendar was continued by numerous editors, among them in the beginning Hermann Hillger, Heinrich Klenz, Gerhard Lüdtke, Erich Neuner or Hans Strodel, in the spirit of its origins. Initially it registered authors of "aesthetic“ works as well as "educated“, academically active writers. Due to the abundance of material, Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender was published as a separate work from 1925 and soon outreached the extent of its older counterpart. During the National Socialist regime the editor had to bow to the requirement of publishing only entries about members of the Reichsschrifttumkammer (Reich literature chamber). However, in 1936 he managed to publish the "Necrology 1901-1935“ listing the authors that had died since 1900 and their works; thus also he could be accused of publishing "unwanted writings“.〔(''Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender.'' ) In: Werner Schuder: ''Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender. Nekrolog 1936-1970.'', Walter de Gruyter, 1973, Vorwort〕 In 1949 the work was again published according to the original editorial principles. The editor Werner Schuder was responsible for the years from 1958 up to the nineteen-eighties. After not being published for a while, its publisher changed in 1998: librarian and copy editor Andreas Klimt accepted the challenge of updating and continuing the reference work for the publishing house K. G. Saur Verlag in Leipzig with the 61st edition. The publishing house Walter de Gruyter took over K. G. Saur Verlag, so Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender is published again by its original publisher since the 67th edition of 2010/2011. The 69th edition of Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender contains, in addition to entries on ca. 12,000 writers, over 800 literary translators, over 1000 publishers, over 500 literary awards with awardees, more than 600 professional unions and literary associations, houses of literature, about 300 literary magazines and periodicals as well as literary agencies, cultural departments of radio and television channels and literary feuilletons. Articles on the individual authors in alphabetical order provide information about addresses, biographical data, memberships in professional unions and literary associations, literary awards and about the writers‘ publications. The latest version of the work in two volumes was published in August 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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