Consult biographical dictionaries to get brief information about people, dates and events.
Dictionnaire de littérature contemporaine
PQ305 .B68D 1963
This illustrated work includes articles on twentieth-century French writers with lists of works by and about each author. Nine introductory essays survey French literature of the twentieth century.
Dictionnaire des écrivains Québecois contemporains 
PS9081 .L44 1983 (W.D. Jordan Library)
Dictionnaire des littératures de langue française
PQ41 .B4 1987
Biographical details including book titles.
Dictionnaire mondial des littératures
REF PN41 .D4875 2002
Who's Who in France
REF DC705 .A1 W6 (most recent)
Earlier volumes are in Stauffer Books (stacks)
