The whole world writes

Five thousand two hundred and three works, four in five of the catalogue. This is the century of independence, and the regional picture is turned around: sub-Saharan Africa, rare before 1800 and marginal in the nineteenth century, supplies seven hundred and fifteen works here. It is also the century of cinema, which enters the catalogue on equal terms with the book, and of exiles, censorship and international literary prizes. This page offers no regional keys for the period: the works, the author entries and the thematic lists do that better than any general text.