German literature (German: Deutschsprachige Literatur) comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written...

Medieval German literature refers to the literature of Medieval Germany. It can be subdivided into two main periods: Old High German literature (750–1050)...

East German literature is the literature produced in East Germany from the time of the Soviet occupation in 1945 until the end of the communist government...

language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history...

Old High German literature refers to literature written in Old High German, from the earliest texts in the 8th century to the middle of the 11th century...

Middle High German literature refers to literature written in German between the middle of the 11th century and the middle of the 14th. In the second half...

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Yiddish literature encompasses all those belles-lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The...

Upper German varieties. The Early New High German language gained more prestige than Low German and became the language of science and literature. Around...

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theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg...

English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number...

The German Spitz (German: Deutscher Spitz) is a breed of spitz-type dogs from Germany. It is considered a single breed, with five distinct varieties based...

Bachmann Prize Aspekte-Literaturpreis (Aspekte Literature Prize) – for the best debut novel written in German Kleist Prize – first awarded in 1912 Merano...

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Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels...

German Romanticism (German: Deutsche Romantik) was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

symbols. Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over...

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others)...

mode. At that time, the Germans were the most active writers of the novelle (German: "Novelle"; plural: "Novellen"). For the German writer, a novella is...

were made in Weimar Germany or by German scientists during the Weimar period. While temporarily at the University of Copenhagen, German physicist Werner...

Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from...

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German literature since Günter Grass's The Tin Drum (1959). It sold 500,000 copies in Germany and was listed 14th of the 100 favorite books of German...

Prague. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature; he wrote in German. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically...

sociolinguistic group of those with German descent or native speakers of the German language. The constitution of Germany, implemented in 1949 following the...

(estimated) – Otto Brunfels, German botanist and theologian (died 1534) 1490: Gáspár Heltai (Kaspar Helth), Transylvanian writer in German (died 1574) 1492: 11...

Cambridge Digital Library. Retrieved 1 July 2017. 13th century in literature in the German National Library catalogue "Dante Alighieri". The Guardian. Retrieved...

parts of Germany and France. There, they encountered and were influenced by Jewish speakers of High German languages and several other German dialects...

6/7. Bithell, Jethro, ed. Germany: A Companion to German Studies (5th edition 1955), 578pp; essays on German literature, music, philosophy, art and...