Kürschners Handbücher


The Kürschners Handbücher, originally published by Joseph Kürschner, is a series of biographical reference works. Many entries are based on self information. Since the takeover by the Saur-Verlag publishing House in Munich, a self-suggestion is also possible. The series originated from Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender, which first appeared in 1879.
The book presents 3 categories

Literature and Science

Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender. 2 partial volumes. Publisher de Gruyter, Berlin 2018/19,. With biographical data, address, memberships and literary awards of 13,436 living authors of German-language literature on the fine arts, as well as about 178,000 publications.Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender. 4 partial volumes. Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin 2011,, . With biographical data, address, main research areas and fields of work of 77,425 scientists and scholars as well as their most important publications.Kürschners Deutscher Sachbuch-Kalender. 2004,.

Visual arts, music and theatre

Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender. 2 partial volumes. Publisher de Gruyter, Berlin 2018/19,. With biographical Kürschners Graphiker-Handbuch Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz. Illustrators, commercial artists, typographers, edited by Charlotte Fergg-Frowein, 2nd, extended edition, Berlin: de Gruyter, 1967Kürschners Handbuch der Bildenden Künstler. 2 partial volumes. Saur Verlag, Munich 2007, with biographical data, address, teaching activities, exhibiting galleries among others of 6,700 living visual artists: painting, graphic arts, sculpture, book art, action and media arts and.Furrier's Musician's Handbook. 2 partial volumes. K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 2007,..Kürschners biographisches Theater-Handbuch: Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. de Gruyter, Berlin 1956.

Politics

  • with short biographies of all members of the German Bundestag or State parliaments.
  • "Kürschners Handbuch Europäisches Parlament" with biographies of all German members of the European Parliament and short biographies of the other members from the other member countries.
  • '"Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin, Taschenbuch 18. Wahlperiode'", Redaction: Kürschners Poilitkontakte, NDV GmbH & Co KG, Bad Honnef 2017,.