20th-century literature

Lesbian pulp fiction is a genre of lesbian literature that refers to any mid-20th century paperback novel or pulp magazine with overtly lesbian themes and content. Lesbian pulp fiction was published in the 1950s and 60s by many of the same paperback publishing houses that other genres of fiction including westerns, romances, and detective fiction. Because very little other literature was available for and about lesbians at this time, quite often these books were the only reference the public (lesbian and otherwise) had for modeling what lesbians were. Stephanie Foote, from the University of Illinois commented on the importance of lesbian pulp novels to the lesbian identity prior to feminism: "Pulps have been understood as signs of a secret history of readers, and they have been valued because they have been read. The more they are read, the more they are valued, and the more they are read, the closer the relationship between the very act of circulation and reading and the construction of a lesbian community becomes...Characters use the reading of novels as a way to understand that they are not alone."

Baldur Springmann (31 May 1912 – 24 October 2003) was a German organic farmer, publicist, and neo-nazi politician. One of the pioneers of the environmentalist movement in West Germany, Springmann helped found the The Greens before withdrawing to involve himself in right-wing extremism.

Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000).

Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America, and is characterized by a very self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression, as exemplified by Ezra Pound's maxim to "Make it new." This literary movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their time. The horrors of the First World War saw the prevailing assumptions about society reassessed.

Postmodern literature is a form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues. This style of experimental literature emerged strongly in the United States in the 1960s through the writings authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, and John Barth. Postmodernists often challenge authorities, which has been seen as a symptomatic of the fact that this style of literature first emerged in the context of political tendencies in the 1960s. This inspiration is, among other things, seen through how postmodern literature is highly self-reflexive about the political issues it speaks to.

Jeanne de Vietinghoff (31 December 1875 – 15 June 1926) was a Belgian writer who published several books on ethical, mystical and religious topics. She was the mother of the painter and philosopher Egon von Vietinghoff.

Detlef Blöcher (born 15 January 1953 in Frankfurt am Main) has been Director of the Christian Relief and Missionary Work DMG interpersonal in Sinsheim near Heidelberg from 2000 to May 2018. In the years before he worked as a lecturer in the Arab world and as human resources manager for the DMG. He is the author of several international studies and numerous specialist articles.

Helene Brehm (24 January 1862 in Abterode, Electorate of Hesse – 24 August 1932 in Rinteln, Germany) was a school teacher, poet, and author.

Horst Tomayer (1 November 1938, Asch, Sudetenland (now Aš, Czech Republic) – 13 December 2013, Hamburg, Germany) was a German poet, columnist, and actor. His column, Tomayers ehrliches Tagebuch, was published from 1982 to 2013 in the monthly magazine Konkret.

Dieter Kalka (born 25 June 1957, Altenburg) is a German writer, songwriter, poet, dramatist, musician, editor, translator and speech therapist.