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Wilhelm Kosch

1879 – 1960

Austrian lexicographer, literary historian and germanist

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Lived 1879 – 1960 (aged 81). Wilhelm Kosch was an Austrian lexicographer, literary historian, germanist and university teacher.

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) 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.

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Philosophy faculty of the German university of Prague
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Radboud University

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Who was Wilhelm Kosch?

Austrian lexicographer, literary historian and germanist (1879–1960)

When was Wilhelm Kosch born?

Wilhelm Kosch was born on 2 October 1879 in Drahany.

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Wilhelm Kosch died on 20 December 1960 in Vienna.

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Wilhelm Kosch was a lexicographer, literary historian, germanist and university teacher.

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Wilhelm Kosch was Austrian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wilhelm Kosch

· Wikidata: Q2573729

· DBpedia: Wilhelm Kosch

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