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"This is the first book of its kind to look at a broad international cross-section of the literary talent cut short in the first modern war of our century. Within are to be found both the familiar and the long-forgotten, some translated into English for the first time. Some sixty writers from virtually all the combatant nations are represented; there are extracts from the work, authoritative introductory essays, and full biographical and bibliographical details. An appendix lists some eight hundred writers of all nationalities who are known to have died as a result of World War I."--back cover.