Authors, languages and potential translations in Ibero-American cultural periodicals (1898-1959), with VIAF linked author data

The dataset provides data on contributors—authors of contributions/articles—to Ibero-American cultural periodicals from the first half of 20th century. Using basic information like article titles and authorship as a starting point, we have retrieved a set of 60987 potential authors to 292186 articles in 309 periodicals published between 1898 and 1959, held in online repositories or libraries located in Argentina, Spain, Portugal, and Germany, all related to Spanish-speaking and Lusophone literary and cultural magazines. By applying machine learning and natural language processing tools, as well as by linking the author's names against the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), we provide enriched information on gender, language, and nationality for about 66% of the initially identified contributor names, responsible for about 26% of the articles. We identify potential translations—loosely defined as texts published in a language different from the author’s native or writing language—and the presence of foreign authors in the Ibero-American cultural press.

本数据集收录了20世纪上半叶伊比利亚美洲文化期刊投稿者（即文章作者）的相关数据。本研究以文章标题、作者署名等基础信息为起点，从阿根廷、西班牙、葡萄牙与德国的在线文库及馆藏图书馆中，检索得到1898年至1959年间出版的309种西班牙语与葡语（Lusophone）文学文化期刊内292186篇文章对应的60987位潜在作者。通过机器学习与自然语言处理工具，并将作者姓名与虚拟国际权威文件（Virtual International Authority File, VIAF）进行匹配，我们为约66%的初始识别投稿者姓名补充了性别、使用语言与国籍信息，这些投稿者对应的文章占总文章量的约26%。本研究还识别了伊比利亚美洲文化报刊中的潜在译作（宽泛定义为以不同于作者母语或创作语言的语种刊发的文本），以及外籍作者的存在情况。