"...Gives a competent overview of the development of the female literary scene in this city and introduces around 130 women authors who have lived and worked here. Each of the alphabetically arranged entries describes in a short, concise way the life of the writer concerned and characterizes her literary work. References at the end of each entry invite you toto follow in the footsteps of the authors even more intensively. This generously illustrated reference work not only brings together the well-known names from the past and present, such as Henriette Herz and Bettina von Arnim, Irmgard Keun and Ingeborg Bachmann, but also - for example with Deborah Feldman and Kenah Cusanit - some authors who are only at the beginning of their careers and which are worth discovering"--Publisher's website.
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