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Jänis Akuraters, Riga ->
His complete works total over 12 volumes (3O single books such as novels, short stories and poetry) in the Latvian language.

Francisca Bloch-Mahler, Deutschbrod ->
She wrote her first poetry at the age of 10 years. She has written more than 1.000 fairy tales, 1.000 children's poems, and 1.000 ballads, etc.

Adriana Boudevska-Gantcheva, Sofia ->
The Minister of National Education has edited a collection of everything written by her and for her. She has written articles in many magazines and newspapers analyses on her own parts, critical notes on the theater, biographies of Bulgarian and foreign artists, etc.

Karel Capek, Prague ->
He started writing while a student and conjointly with his brother Joseph he produced short stories. After he completed his studies, he devoted himself entirely to literature. during the World War he translated from French poetry and introduced Anglo American philosophy. In the time of national persecution in Austria he embraced journalism. After the World War he wrote dramas which produced at the Municipal Theater in Prague (for example he produced Shelley's Cenci which was the first performance of the play).

Christos Christovassilis, Janina ->
He obtained a prize as a dramatic author and he was a partisan of the vulgarian language (Dimotiki) and of literary associations. Publications: 1 volume of epic-lyric, poetry and 3 essays on Epirus, Macedonia, and Albania.

Bosko Desnica, Obrovac ->
He popularized Italian literature in Yugoslavia and Yugoslav literature in Italy. Together with Vladan Desnica he founded and edited the historical and literary review "Magazin Sjeverne Dalmacije", Split.

Viktor Eglitis, Riga ->
He spent his childhood on the country, was educated in Russia and has been excluded from the Institute of Art together with 43 other pupils on account of his new ideas. In 1902 he became more interested in symbolism through a psychological breakdown. He made new research and in 1907 he passed over to the classicism. He has written lyrics, novels and dramatical compositions: in the period of liberality and human progress - history and philosophical ideas in novels; in the period of Aleksander - old forms.

Renée Erdös, Budapest ->
She published her first poems in 1899 and contributed to "A Het". She converted to the Catholic religion while living in Italy and wrote under religious inspiration.

Mato Hanzekowic, Zagreb ->
In 1911 he became a judge in Bosnia, in 1920 a lawyer in Bosnia and in 1917 he devoted himself entirely to literary work being of the opinion that there is no ethic to be found in the job of a lawyer. He aspires to the fraternization of mankind.

Franz Herczeg, Budapest ->
The complete edition of his works during his more than 40 years' literary activity has been published in 30 big volumes in 1926.

Benedykt Hertz, Warsaw ->
In 1896 he was first published, in 1900 he wrote the first fables, in 1903 he obtained a prize at a dramatical competition, in 1906 he was an emigrant, in 1914 he became an editor-in-Chief of a newspaper in Wilno and in 1920 he was a volunteer soldier. The fables of B. Hertz imitate La Fontaine only in their form, their themes are his own and are originals. They touch various political and social questions in the form of poetry which the Russian census would not have permitted to touch frankly, thus these fables are historical documents and they belong to the fight for the Polish independence.

Jiri Karásek ze Lvovic, Prague ->
was a clerk with post office; then director of post with the Ministry of Post at Prague and is the founder of the Post-Museum at Prague. He has worked as a poet since 1892 and is head of the symbolistic poetry-school and is a reviewer.

Simon Kemény, Budapest ->
is one of the founders and editors of the "Az Est", the greatest Hungarian daily paper and is the editorial writer and art critic of, "Noted Hungarian Poet". He does not belong to any of the usual poetic schools; and "his poems are characterized by a strong personality, refined expression, surprising and pregnant symbolism that expresses the psychical tension and disillusioned pessimism of modern man".

Deszö Kosztolanyi, Budapest ->
Since finishing his studies he has been writing poetry, novels, and short stories. Publications: "The bloody poet" with a preface by Thomas Mann, novel, published by , New York and Golland in London.

Thadeusz (pen name: Boy-Zelenski) Zelenski, Warsaw ->
was a physician and then he abandoned medicine for literature. He is a poet, humorist, essayist, critic, translator and journalist He was nominated in 1922 as Professor of French literature at the University of Poznan (did not accept the offer). Being unable to find an editor for his translating of the chefs-d'oeuvre of French literature, he founded an edition under the name of "Bibliothèque de Boy". Publications: collections of poetries, 13 volumes of theater criticism, some twenty volumes of essays, more than 100 volumes of the most prominent works of French literature, among which are complete works of Molière, Rabelais, Montaigne, and many others.