The 66th edition of Kurschners Deutscher Literatur Kalender reliably documenting the contemporary literary scene in German speaking countries records some 13 000 authors Expressing no lit crit judgements the Literatur Kalender presents living authors who write in German whatever their nationality or geographical location may be Entries provide information on address biographical data membership in literary organizations and associations literary awards as well as each writer s publications The extensive indexes to be found in the appendix have also been revised and updated thoroughly they now contain 743 translators of literature along with an index of languages 1 250 publishing houses 555 literary awards including recent winners 549 associations literary organizations literary centres Literaturhauser etc 371 literary journals and periodicals 72 literary agencies radio and TV stations arts departments as well as literary features to be found in the printed media