The Indian Sign

The 67th edition of K rschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender, reliably documenting the contemporary literary scene in German-speaking countries, records some 13,000 authors. Expressing no lit-crit judgements, the Literatur-Kalender presents living authors who write in German, whatever their nationality or geographical location may be. Entries provide information on address, biographical data, membership in literary organizations and associations, literary awards as well as each writer's publications. The extensive indexes, to be found in the appendix, have also been revised and updated thoroughly: they now contain more than 750 translators of literature (along with an index of languages), 1,250 publishing houses, 555 literary awards including recent winners, 550 associations, literary organizations, literary centres (Literaturh user) etc., 370 literary journals and periodicals, 72 literary agencies, radio and TV stations' arts departments as well as literary features to be found in the printed media.…