| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 479 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Series |
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 215
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| Contents |
Endre Ady (1877-1919) --Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909-1983) --Mihaly Babits (1883-1941) --Waclaw Berent (1873-1940) -- Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951) --Karel Capek (1890-1938) --Maria Dobrowska (1889-1965) --Jakub Deml (1878-1961) --Viktor Dyk (1877-1931) -- Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969) -- Frantisek Halas (1901-1949) -- Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923) -- Gyozo Hatar (1914- ) -- Vladimir Holan (1905-1980) -- Josef Hora (1891-1945) -- Egon Hostovsky (1908-1973) -- Jozef Ciger Hronsky (1896-1960) --Gyula Illyes (1902-1983) -- Waclaw Iwaniuk (1915- ) --Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980) --Jege (Ladislav Nadasi) (1866-1940) -- Attila Jozsef (1905-1937) -- Frigyes Karinthy (1887-1938) -- Lajos Kassak (1887-1967) -- Ivan Krasko (Jan Botto) (1876-1958) -- Gyula Krudy (1878-1933) -- Martin Kukucin (Matej Bencur) (1860-1928) -- Maria Kuncewic (1895-1989) -- Boleslaw Lesmian (1878-1937) -- Gyorgy Lukacs (1885-1971) --Czeslaw Milosz (1911- ) -- Ferenc Molnar (Ferenc Newmann) (1878-1952) -- Zsigmond Moricz (1879-1942) -- Zofia Nalkowska (1884-1954) -- Lazlo Nemeth (1901-1975) -- Vitezslav Nezval (1900-1958) -- Laco Novomesky (1904-1976) -- Jiri Orten (1919-1941) --Teodor Parnicki (1908-1988) -- Karel Polacek (1892-1945) -- Miklos Radnoti (1909-19440) -- Bruno Schulz (1892-1942) --Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986) -- Lorinc Szabo (1900-1957) -- Magda Szabo (1917- ) -- Aron Tamasi (1897-1966) -- Timrava (Bozena Slancekova) (1867-1951) -- Milo Urban (1904-1982) -- Vladislav Vancura (1891-1942) -- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) (1885-1939) -- Jiri Wolker (1900-1924) |
| Summary |
Essays on writers from Albania, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Discusses authors who played significant roles in the growth, development and preservation of their respective literatures during an extraordinarily inventive and creative time period. As many of these authors had limited exposure in the West, these essays provide a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of Eastern Europe and its literary tradition |
| Notes |
"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
East European literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography
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Authors, East European -- 20th century -- Biography
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Authors, East European -- 20th century -- Bibliography
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliography.
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Bio-bibliography.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Serafin, Steven
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Gale Research Inc
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| LC no. |
99039770 |
| ISBN |
9780787631093 |
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0787631094 |
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