Killy Literaturlexikon

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The Killy Literaturlexikon - Autoren und Werke des deutschsprachigen Kulturraumes is an author's lexicon of German language literature. [1] The latest edition of twelve volumes was published between 2008 and September 2011 by De Gruyter. A register volume followed in 2012.

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The encyclopaedia, originally published by Walther Killy, was named Literaturlexikon. Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache (15 volumes). It was published by C. Bertelsmann Verlag from 1988 to 1993. [2] [3] The completely revised new edition by De Gruyter is edited by Wilhelm Kühlmann  [ de ]. [4] The articles contain detailed information on the life and work of the authors as well as detailed and up-to-date information on secondary literature. Due to the high price, it is mainly found in libraries. The selection of the authors is based on a broad concept of literature, so that the encyclopaedia also contains an article on Eugen Drewermann.

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References

  1. "Killy Literaturlexikon". De Gruyter. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. "HEIDI: Killy Literaturlexikon". HEIDI (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "DBIS". DBIS (in German). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 Reibold, Janina. "Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann - Germanistisches Seminar". Universität Heidelberg (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2020.