Wilhelm Kosch  | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 October 1879 | 
| Died | 20 December 1960 (aged 81) | 
| Occupation(s) | Historian of literature, lexicographer | 
Wilhelm Franz Josef Kosch (2 October 1879 – 20 December 1960) was an Austrian historian of literature and theatre and lexicographer. The lexicon that he conceived and later revised several times, the Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon is a references in the field of German literature.
Born in Drahany in Moravia, Kosch died in Vienna in 1960 at age 81.
Publications
- A. Stifter. Festschrift, 1905
 - Martin Greif in seinen Werken,[1] 1907
 - Die Deutschen in Österreich und ihr Ausgleich mit den Tschechen,[2] 1909
 - Menschen und Bücher. Essays 1912
 - Melchior Diepenbruck, 1913
 - Das deutsche Theater und Drama (im 19. Jahrhundert) seit Schillers Tod,[3] Vier Quellen Verlag, Leipzig (1913)
 - M. Sailer, 1914
 - Martin von Cochem, 1915
 - Feldmarschall Graf Radetzky,[4] 1915
 - J. von Eichendorff, 1923
 - Das katholische Deutschland,[5] (A–S), 1933, (1938)
 - Luise von Eichendorff in her letters to Adalbert Stifter. Der Wächter Verlag, Nymwegen 1940 and 1948.
 
Publisher
- Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch I (1949) – 4 (1958); 2nd edition 1947–1958; 3rd edition 1966
 - Das katholische Deutschland (A – Schlüter), 1933–1938
 - Biographisches Staatshandbuch 1–2, 1963
 - Deutsches Theater-Lexikon (A – Rostok), 1953–1966; Revision by Ingrid Bigler-Marschall, 2013.
 
Bibliography
- Heribert Sturm: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder. on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum e.V. Vol.II, Oldenbourg, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-486-52551-4, p. 257 with further references.
 - Supplement to vol. I, Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder, 1979, ISBN 3-48649491-0, Bibliography and data supplements: Kosch, Wilhelm.
 - Franz Menges [in German] (1980), "Kosch, Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 606–608; (full text online)
 - Jaksch: Bohemia 4. Oktober 1929.
 
References
External links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Kosch in the German National Library catalogue
 - Wilhelm Kosch on Münzinger Biographie
 - Wilhelm Kosch on ZVAB
 - W. Kosch on Deutsche Biographie
 - Wilhelm Kosch's main works
 
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.