Author Description

"This encyclopedia presents the lives and works of 128 writers whose contributions lend significant first-generation understanding to the Holocaust. Arranged by author, entries provide a biographical, bibliographical, and critical profile with emphasis on each author's experience with or response to the Holocaust and contributions to the literature. All entries offer a short list of selected works. Included are appendixes listing authors by date, country of birth, and birth name. Two useful bibliographies -- one of primary works arranged by genre and another of book-length studies of Holocaust literature -- are also included. Highly recommended for all academic and public libraries, this encyclopedia brings together representative primary and critical works of Holocaust literature."--"The Best of the Best Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2003. "Whether novel, memoir, diary, poem, or drama, a common thread runs through the literature of the Nazi Holocaust: a "motif of personal testimony to the dearness of humanity." From this perspective the expert authors of Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature have profiled 128 of the most influential first generation authors who survived, perished, or were closely connected to the Holocaust.". "Arranged alphabetically by author, all of the entries answer the same basic questions: the nature of the author's literary response to the Holocaust; his or her place in holocaust literature; the author's contribution to the understanding of the Holocaust; distinctive aspects of the author's work; key moments of the author's life; and issues posed for the reader by the author's work. Entries are generally organized into three primary divisions: an opening section on why the author's work has a significant or distinctive place in Holocaust literature, a second containing information on the author's biography, and a thorough critical examination of the highlights of the author's work.". "The Encyclopedia is intended for all students and teachers of the Holocaust, regardless of their levels of learning. Avenues for further research are incorporated at the conclusion of each entry, in a comprehensive bibliography of primary works, and in an additional bibliography of critical studies."--BOOK JACKET.