Энциклопедический словарь русской литературы с 1917 года

This encyclopedic dictionary is a translation of the revised and expanded German edition of 1976. The German edition of the dictionary arose on the initiative of the Stuttgart publishing house "Alfred Kroner Verlag" (Alfred Kroner Verlag), which drew attention to the fact that in the West there are works on the history of modern Russian literature that examine in detail individual writers and individual works of these writers, however, no modern and comprehensive reference books. The need for such publications is best met by the "Short Literary Encyclopedia" published in the Soviet Union, however, its first volumes were published 20 years ago, and most importantly, this publication is distinguished by political one-sidedness both in the selection of authors under consideration, and in the selection and coverage facts.
This revised and enlarged edition is also based on the manuscript of an additional volume of this dictionary, and the contents of the entries have also been verified from the point of view of 1986. This edition contains 619 biographical articles about writers - representatives of Russian literature after 1917, as well as 87 subject articles.