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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.

Has biographical information and bibliographical citations.