Wilhelm Kosch
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Wilhelm Franz Josef Kosch (2 October 1879 – 20 December 1960) was an Austrian historian of literature and theatre and
lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoreti ...
. The
lexicon A lexicon is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word ''lexicon'' derives from Koine Greek language, Greek word (), neuter of () ...
that he conceived and later revised several times, the ' is a references in the field of
German literature German literature () comprises those literature, literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy a ...
. Born in
Drahany Drahany is a market town in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Drahany lies approximately west of Prostějov, south-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague. Notable people *Wilhelm Kosch ...
in
Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...
, Kosch died in
Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...
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'',''Das katholische Deutschland''
on ZVAB (A–S), 1933, (1938) * '' in her letters to
Adalbert Stifter Adalbert Stifter (; 23 October 1805 – 28 January 1868) was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while ...
''. 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 The ''Deutsche Theater-Lexikon'' is, according to its subtitle, a "biography and bibliography manual". The encyclopedia lists stage actors from the German-speaking area. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek leads the ''Deutsche Theater-Lexikon'' unde ...
'' (A – Rostok), 1953–1966; Revision by Ingrid Bigler-Marschall, 2013.


Bibliography

* : ''Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder.'' on behalf of the
Collegium Carolinum e.V. A (plural ), or college, was any association in ancient Rome that Corporation, acted as a Legal person, legal entity. Following the passage of the ''Lex Julia'' during the reign of Julius Caesar as Roman consul, Consul and Roman dictator, Dic ...
Vol.II, Oldenbourg, Munich 1984, , with further references. * Supplement to vol. I, ''Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder,'' 1979, , Bibliography and data supplements: ''Kosch, Wilhelm''. * * Jaksch: Bohemia 4. Oktober 1929.


References


External links

*
Wilhelm Kosch
on Münzinger Biographie
Wilhelm Kosch
on ZVAB

on Deutsche Biographie
Wilhelm Kosch's main works
1879 births 1960 deaths Germanists Lexicographers Theatrologists 20th-century lexicographers Austrian literary historians Radboud University Nijmegen faculty People from Prostějov District Moravian-German people Austrian people of Moravian-German descent {{Austria-historian-stub