| Wilhelm Kosch | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1879-10-02)2 October 1879 Drahany, Moravia |
| Died | 20 December 1960(1960-12-20) (aged 81) Vienna, Austria |
| 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, 1907
- Die Deutschen in Österreich und ihr Ausgleich mit den Tschechen, 1909
- Menschen und Bücher. Essays 1912
- Melchior Diepenbruck, 1913
- Das deutsche Theater und Drama (im 19. Jahrhundert) seit Schillers Tod, Vier Quellen Verlag, Leipzig (1913)
- M. Sailer, 1914
- Martin von Cochem, 1915
- Feldmarschall Graf Radetzky, 1915
- J. von Eichendorff, 1923
- Das katholische Deutschland, (A–S), 1933, (1938)
- Luise von Eichendorff [de] 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 [de]: 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 (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
- Martin Greif in seinen Werken on WorldCat
- Die Deutschen in Österreich und ihr Ausgleich mit den Tschechen on Amazon
- Das deutsche Theater und Drama (im 19. Jahrhundert) seit Schillers Tod on WorldCat
- Feldmarschall Graf Radetzky on ZVAB
- Das katholische Deutschland on ZVAB
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
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