A Short Biographical Dictionary Of Foreign Literature

1933 - PREFACE - IN this volume an attempt has been made to give, in the case of each writer, a succinct biography followed by as complete a list as is practicable of the first editions of his or her works. Upwards of five hundred and fifty foreign authors have been dealt with, the term foreign here meaning European non-English the literatures represented being Belgian and Flemish, Bohemian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French and Proven al G, erman, Modern Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Rumanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss. Where an English translation of a work exists, the fact is indicated by the insertion of the title of the translation in brackets after that of the original. When such translation is published in Everymans Library, the fact is indicated by the addition to the English title of the letters E. L., followed by the works number in the series. The selection of names from so wide a field for a volume of this capacity presents obvious difficulties, and it is probable that individual tastes and preferences will find what are to them omissions or superfluities. As the best means of attempting to attain a reasonable result, such names in each countrys literature have been selected as seem prominently representative of the successive periods and departments of literature therein. The authors are arranged in one alphabetical sequence and at the end of the volume will be found lists, chronologically arranged, of the writers chosen from each literature. R. F. S. 1933. AHO, JUHANI pseudonym of Juhani Brofeldt 1861-1921. Finnish novelist, was born at Lapinlak. He was the author of a number of works whose realistic style made them popular in Finland. Helived for some time in France, but mainly in Finland and died at Helsingfors. His works include Sipolan Zapon kosioretki, 1883 Siihen aikaan kuin isd lampun osti, 1883 Kievarin pihalla, 1884 Muuan Markkinamies, I 884 Rautatie, I 884 Papin tytir, 1885 Helmannin Herra, 1886 Helsinkiin, 1889 Kuvauksia, 1889 Yksin, 1890 Lastuja, 1891-99 Papin rouva, 1893 Heranneitd, 1894 Maailmen murjoma, I 894 Panu, I 897 Katajainen Rausani, I 899-1900 Aatteiden Mies, I go I Kevdtja takatalvi, 1906 Tuomio, 1907. AIMARD, GUSTAVE pseudonym of Olivier Gloux 1818-83. French novelist, was born in Paris on 13 Sept. 1818. He went to sea in early boyhood, but abandoned a sailors life after landing in America, where he fell in with a tribe of American Indians. According to his own account he was attracted by the romance of their life, and lived a nomadic life with them sharing the fortunes of various tribes for fifteen years. These experiences afforded the material for the number of novels of American Indian life that he subsequently wrote, backed by his admiration for the works of Fenimore Cooper, which his own much resemble. He returned to France in his early thirties, subsequently paid another visit to America, and then settled down in Paris to the work of novel writing. It was not long before he became the idol of the French schoolboy. In the war of 1870 he was an officer in the corps of Francs-tireurs. He died in Paris on 13 Sept. 1883. He was responsible for over forty books, of which some of the best known are Les Tra q5eurs de ZArkansas, 1858 La Loi de Lynch, 1859 claireur 1, 860 La Grande Flibuste, 1860 Le Guaranis The Indian Scout, E. L. 428, 1864 Les Nuits Mexicaines, 1864 Les BohLmes de la Mer, 1865 LaForet Vievge, 1870 Aventures de Michel Hartmann, 1873 Cardenio, 1874 Les Vauriens de Pont-Neuf, 1878 Par Mer et par Terre, 1879 Les Cou9eurs de Routes, 1879 Le Rastreador, I 883. ALARC N, JUAN RUIZ DE 1580-1639. Spanish dramatist, was born in Mexico...