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This list contains the names of persons (of any [[ethnicity]] or [[nationality]]) who wrote [[fiction]], [[essay]]s, or [[Play (theatre)|play]]s in the [[German language]]. It includes both living and deceased writers.

Most of the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] authors are alphabetized by their first name, not by their [[sobriquet]].
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Abbreviations: children's (ch), drama (d), fiction (f), non-fiction (nf), poetry (p)

==A==
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*[[Thomas Abbt]] (1738–1766, nf)
*[[Johann Christoph Adelung]] (1732–1806, nf)
*[[Konrad Adenauer]] (1876–1967, nf)
*[[Rudolf Agricola]] (1494–1566, nf)
*[[Ilse Aichinger]] (1921–2016, p/f/d)
*[[Hermann Allmers]] (1821–1902, p)
*[[Peter Altenberg]] (1859–1919, nf/p)
*[[Jean Améry]] (1912–1978, nf)
*[[Alfred Andersch]] (1914–1980, nf/f)
*[[Lou Andreas-Salomé]] (1861–1937, nf)
*[[Stefan Andres]] (1906–1970, f)
*[[Ernst Angel]] (1895–1986, p/nf/d)
*[[Angelus Silesius]], pseudonym of Johann Scheffler (1624–1677, p)
*[[Ludwig Anzengruber]] (1839–1889, d/f/p)
*[[Johann August Apel]] (1771–1816, f)
*[[Ernst Moritz Arndt]] (1769–1860, nf/p)
*[[Achim von Arnim]] (1781–1831, p/f)
*[[Bettina von Arnim]] (1785–1859, nf/f)
*[[Gottfried Arnold]] (1666–1714, nf)
*[[Jean Arp]] (1887–1966, p)
*[[Hans Carl Artmann]] (1921–2000, f/nf/p)
*[[Raoul Auernheimer]] (1876–1948, nf)
*[[Rose Ausländer]] (1901–1988, p)
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==B==
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*[[Ingeborg Bachmann]] (1926–1973, p/d)
*[[Amalie Baisch]] (1859–1904)
*[[Hugo Ball]] (1886–1927, p)
*[[Zsuzsa Bánk]] (born 1965, f)
*[[Ernst Barlach]] (1870–1938, nf)
*[[Janos Bardi]] (1923–1990, f/nf)
*[[Adolf Bartels]] (1862–1945, nf/p/d)
*[[Wilhelm Bauberger]] (1809-1883, f)
*[[Johann Bernhard Basedow]] (1723–1790, nf/ch)
*[[Vicki Baum]] (1888–1960, f)
*[[Johannes R. Becher]] (1891–1958, f/p)
*[[Jurek Becker]] (1937–1997, f)
*[[Michael Beheim]] (1416 – c. 1474, p)
*[[Albrecht Behmel]] (born 1971, f/nf/d)
*[[Maria Beig]] (1920–2018, f)
*[[Hans Bender]] (1907–1991, nf)
*[[Walter Benjamin]] (1892–1940, nf)
*[[Gottfried Benn]] (1886–1956, p/nf)
*[[Werner Bergengruen]] (1892–1964, f/p)
*[[Ulla Berkéwicz]] (born 1948, f/nf/d)
*[[Thomas Bernhard]] (1931–1989, f/d/p)
*[[August Ferdinand Bernhardi]] (1769–1820, nf)
*[[Stefan Beuse]] (born 1967, nf)<ref>{{DNB-Portal|115690115}}</ref>
*[[Peter Bichsel]] (born 1935, nf/p)
*[[Jakob Bidermann]] (1578–1639, d/nf)
*[[Horst Bienek]] (1930–1990, f/nf/p)
*[[Wolf Biermann]] (born 1936, p)
*[[Johannes Bobrowski]] (1917–1965, p/f)
*[[Johann Jakob Bodmer]] (1698–1783, nf)
*[[Jakob Böhme]] (1575–1624, nf)
*[[Margarete Böhme]] (1867–1939, f)
*[[Heinrich Böll]] (1917–1985, f)
*[[Wolfgang Borchert]] (1921–1947, d/p/f)
*[[:de:Nicolai Borger|Nicolai Borger]] (born 1974, d/p)
*[[Nicolas Born]] (1937–1979, p/f)
*[[Ludwig Börne]] (1786–1837, nf)
*[[Bas Böttcher]] (born 1974, p)
*[[Adolf Brand]] (1874–1945, nf)
*[[Mark Brandis]] (1931–2000, f)
*[[Willy Brandt]] (1913–1992, nf)
*[[Sebastian Brant]] (1457–1521, nf)
*[[Axel Brauns]] (born 1963, nf/f)
*[[Bertolt Brecht]] (1898–1956, d/p)
*[[Willi Bredel]] (1901–1964, nf)
*[[Clemens Brentano]] (1778–1842, p/f)
*[[Rolf Dieter Brinkmann]] (1940–1975, p/f/nf)
*[[Hermann Broch]] (1886–1951, f/nf/p)
*[[Barthold Heinrich Brockes]] (1680–1747, p)
*[[Georg Büchner]] (1813–1837, d/p/nf)
*[[Hermann Burger]] (1942–1989, p/f/nf)
*[[Gottfried August Bürger]] (1747–1794, p)
*[[Christine Busta]], pseudonym of Christine Dimt (1915–1987, p)
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==C==
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*[[Joachim Heinrich Campe]] (1746–1818, nf)
*[[Elias Canetti]] (1905–1994, f/d/nf)
*[[Erwin Carlé]] (1876–1923, nf)
*[[Hans Carossa]] (1878–1956, f/p)
*[[Ignaz Franz Castelli]], pseudonym Bruder Fatalis (1781–1862, d/p)
*[[Elisabeth Castonier]] (1894–1975, nf/ch)
*[[Paul Celan]], pseudonym of Paul Antschel (1920–1970, p)
*[[Conrad Celtis]] (1459–1508, nf/p)
*[[C. W. Ceram]], pseudonym of Kurt W. Marek (1915–1972, nf)
*[[Adelbert von Chamisso]] (1781–1838, p/nf)
*[[Helene Christaller]] (1872–1953, f/ch)
*[[Hanns Cibulka]] (1920–2004, p/nf)
*[[Oscar Walter Cisek]] (1897–1966, f/p/nf)
*[[Matthias Claudius]] (1740–1815, p/nf)
*[[Heinrich Joseph von Collin]] (1772–1811, d)
*[[Hedwig Courths-Mahler]] (1867–1950, f)
*[[Wolf-Ulrich Cropp]] (born 1941, nf/f)
*[[Alfons von Czibulka]] (1888–1969, f/nf)
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==D==
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*[[Simon Dach]] (1605–1659, p)
*[[Felix Dahn]] (1834–1912, nf/p)
*[[Erich von Däniken]] (born 1935, nf)
*[[Jason Dark]] (born 1945, f)
*[[Clark Darlton]] (1920–2005, f), pseudonym of Walter Ernsting
*[[Max Dauthendey]] (1867–1918, nf)
*[[Henriette Davidis]] (1801–1876, nf)
*[[Franz Josef Degenhardt]] (1931–2011, p/f)
*[[Richard Dehmel]] (1863–1920, p/nf)
*[[Michael Denis]] (1729–1800, p/nf)
*[[Lorenz Diefenbach]] (1806–1883, nf)
*[[Dietmar von Aist]] (1140–1171, p)
*[[Franz von Dingelstedt]] (1814–1881, p/d)
*[[Artur Dinter]] (1876–1948, nf)
*[[Alfred Döblin]] (1878–1957, f/nf)
*[[Heimito von Doderer]] (1896–1966, p/f)
*[[Hilde Domin]], pseudonym of Hilde Palm (1909–2006, p/nf)
*[[Hans Dominik (writer)|Hans Dominik]] (1872–1945, f/nf)
*[[Marion Dönhoff]] (1909–2002, nf)
*[[Doris Dörrie]] (born 1955, f)
*[[Tankred Dorst]] (1925–2017, d)
*[[Annette von Droste-Hülshoff]] (1797–1848, p/f)
*[[Slatan Dudow]] (1903–1963, d)
*[[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]] (1921–1990, d/f/nf)
*[[Karen Duve]] (born 1961, f/nf)
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==E==
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*[[Johann Eberlin von Günzburg]] (c. 1470–1533, nf)
*[[Georg Ebers]] (1837–1898, nf/f)
*[[Karl Egon Ebert]] (1801–1882, p)
*[[Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach]] (1830–1916, f)
*[[Dietrich Eckart]] (1868–1923, p/d/nf)
*[[Johann Peter Eckermann]] (1792–1854, p/nf)
*[[Meister Eckhart]] (c. 1260 – c. 1328, nf)
*[[Ernst Eckstein]] (1845–1900, f/nf/p)
*[[Wiebke Eden]] (born 1968, nf/f)
*[[Werner Eggerath]] (1900–1977, nf)
*[[Werner Egk]] (1901–1983, d/nf)
*[[Albert Ehrenstein]] (1886–1950, p/nf)
*[[Günter Eich]] (1907–1972, p/d)
*[[Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff]] (1788–1857, p/f/d)
*[[Ludwig Eichrodt]] (1827–1892, p/d)
*[[Carl Einstein]] (1885–1940, nf)
*[[Siegfried Einstein]] (1919–1983, p/f/nf)
*[[Carolin Emcke]] (born 1967, nf)
*[[Michael Ende]] (1929–1995, f/ch)
*[[Johann Jakob Engel]] (1741–1802, d/nf)
*[[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]] (1929–2022, p/nf)
*[[Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz|Mutlu Ergün]] (born 1978, nf)
*[[Gustav Ernst]] (born 1944, d/f)
*[[Paul Ernst (German writer)|Paul Ernst]] (1866–1933, f/d/nf)
*[[Andreas Eschbach]] (born 1959, f)
*[[Ernst Wilhelm Eschmann]] (1904–1987, nf/d)
*[[Richard Euringer]] (1891–1953, f/nf)
*[[Hanns Heinz Ewers]] (1871–1943, p/nf/f)
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==F==
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*[[Ludwig Fahrenkrog]] (1867–1952, nf)
*[[Johannes Daniel Falk]] (1768–1826, p)
*[[Hans Fallada]], pseudonym of Rudolf Ditzen (1893–1947, f/nf)
*[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] (1945–1982, d/nf)
*[[Jörg Fauser]] (1944–1987, f/nf/p)
*[[Gustav Theodor Fechner]], pseudonym Dr. Mises (1801–1887, nf)
*[[Hans-Jorg Fecht]] (born 1957, nf)
*[[Else Feldmann]] (1884–1942, f/d/poet), Holocaust victim
*[[Kurt Feltz]], pseudonym Johnny Bartels (1910–1982, p)
*[[Lion Feuchtwanger]] (1884–1958, f/d)
*[[Renate Feyl]] (born 1944, f/nf)
*[[Johannes Fiebag]] (1956–1999, nf)
*[[Johann Fischart]] (1546–1590, nf)
*[[Sebastian Fitzek]] (born 1971, f/nf)
*[[Konrad Fleck]] (13th c., p)
*[[Marieluise Fleißer]], pseudonym of Marieluise Haindl (1901–1974, d/f/nf)
*[[Paul Fleming (poet)|Paul Fleming]] (1609–1640, p)
*[[Walter Flex]] (1887–1917, f/nf)
*[[Gorch Fock (author)|Gorch Fock]], pseudonyms Jakob Holst and Giorgio Focco (1880–1916, f/d/p)
*[[Hans Folz]] (c. 1437–1513, nf/f)
*[[Theodor Fontane]] (1819–1898, nf/f)
*[[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]] (1777–1843, f/d)
*[[Hans Franck]], pseudonym of Hans Lützelburger (1879–1964, f)
*[[Julia Franck]] (born 1970, f/nf)
*[[Sebastian Franck]] (1499 – c. 1543, nf)
*[[Bruno Frank]] (1887–1945, p/d)
*[[Leonhard Frank]] (1882–1961, f/d)
*[[Ludwig August Frankl]] (1810–1894, p)
*[[Franzobel]], pseudonym of Franz Stefan Griebl (born 1967, f)
*[[Karl Emil Franzos]] (1848–1904, f)
*[[Heinrich Frauenlob|Frauenlob]], pseudonym of Heinrich von Meißen (1250/1260–1318, p)
*[[Ferdinand Freiligrath]] (1810–1876, p/nf)
*[[Gustav Frenssen]] (1863–1945, f)
*[[Gustav Freytag]] (1816–1895, f/d)
*[[Alfred Hermann Fried]] (1864–1921, nf)
*[[Erich Fried]] (1921–1988, p/d/f)
*[[Egon Friedell]], pseudonym of Egon Friedmann (1878–1938, nf/d)
*[[Max Frisch]] (1911–1991, d/f)
*[[Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich]] (1796–1865, p/nf)
*[[Ludwig Fulda]], pseudonym of Ludwig Anton Salomon (1862–1939, d/f/ch)
*[[Cornelia Funke]] (born 1958, ch)
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==G==
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*[[Philipp Galen]], pseudonym of Philipp Lange (1813–1899, f)
*[[Ludwig Ganghofer]] (1855–1920, f)
*[[Heinrich Köselitz|Peter Gast]] (1854–1918, nf)
*[[Emanuel Geibel]] (1815–1884, p/d)
*[[Arno Geiger]] (born 1968, f)
*[[Christian Fürchtegott Gellert]] (1715–1769, p)
*[[Wilhelm Genazino]] (1943–2018, f/d)
*[[Stefan George]] (1868–1933, p)
*[[Paul Gerhardt]] (1602–1676, nf/p)
*[[Robert Gernhardt]] (1937–2006, nf/p)
*[[Friedrich Gerstäcker]] (1816–1872, f/nf)
*[[Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg]] (1737–1823, p/nf)
*[[Kerstin Gier]] (born 1966, f/ch)
*[[Johannes Gilhoff]] (1861–1930, nf)
*[[Franz Karl Ginzkey]] (1871–1963, p/ch)
*[[Johann Rudolph Glauber]] (1604–1670, nf)
*[[Friedrich Glauser]] (1896–1938, f)
*[[Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim]] (1719–1803, p)
*[[Albrecht Goes]] (1908–2000, p/nf)
*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] (1749–1832, p/d/f)
*[[Rainald Goetz]] (born 1954, f/d/nf)
*[[Melchior Goldast]] (1578–1635, nf)
*[[Claire Goll]] (1891–1977, p/f)
*[[Yvan Goll]] (1891–1950, p)
*[[Bogumil Goltz]] (1801–1870, nf)
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter]] (1746–1797, p/d)
*[[Gottfried von Straßburg]] (died c. 1210, p/d)
*[[Jeremias Gotthelf]], pseudonym of Albert Bitzius (1797–1854, f)
*[[Johann Christoph Gottsched]] (1700–1766, nf)
*[[Johann Nikolaus Götz]] (1721–1781, p)
*[[Christian Dietrich Grabbe]] (1801–1836, d)
*[[Oskar Maria Graf]] (1894–1967, nf)
*[[Günter Grass]] (1927–2015, f/p/d)
*[[Ferdinand Gregorovius]] (1821–1891, nf)
*[[Felix Paul Greve]] (1879–1948, f)
*[[Friedrich Griese]] (1890–1975, f/nf)
*[[Franz Grillparzer]] (1791–1872, d/p)
*[[Jacob Grimm]] (1785–1863, nf/ch)
*[[Wilhelm Grimm]] (1786–1859, nf/ch)
*[[Matthias T. J. Grimme]] (born 1953, nf)
*[[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]] (1621–1676, f)
*[[Hans Gross]] (1893–1981, nf)
*[[Klaus Groth]] (1819–1899, p/f)
*[[Anastasius Grün]], pseudonym of Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876, p)
*[[Andreas Gryphius]] (1616–1664, p/d)
*[[Martin Grzimek]] (born 1950, f)
*[[Anton-Andreas Guha]] (1937–2010, nf)
*[[Martin Gumpert]] (1897–1955, nf)
*[[Johann Christian Günther]] (1659–1723, p)
*[[Albert Paris Gütersloh]], pseudonym of Albert Conrad Kiehtreiber (1887–1973, nf)
*[[Karl Gutzkow]] (1811–1878, nf/f/d)
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==H==
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*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer]] (1816–1877, f)
*[[Erich Hackl]] (born 1954, f)
*[[Peter Hacks]] (1928–2003, d/nf)
*[[Sebastian Haffner]] (1907–1999, nf)
*[[Friedrich von Hagedorn]] (1708–1754, p)
*[[Albrecht von Haller]] (1708–1777, nf/p)
*[[Friedrich Halm]], pseudonym of Eligius von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806–1871, d/p/f)
*[[Johann Georg Hamann]] (1730–1788, nf)
*[[Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall]] (1774–1856, nf)
*[[Peter Handke]] (born 1942, f/d/p)
*[[Ferdinand Hanusch]] (1866–1923, f/nf)
*[[Eberhard Werner Happel]] (1647–1690, nf/f)
*[[Thea von Harbou]] (1888–1954, d/f)
*[[Ernst Hardt]], pseudonym of Ernst Stöckhardt (1876–1947, d/p/f)
*[[Georg Philipp Harsdörffer]] (1607–1658, p)
*[[Otto Erich Hartleben]] (1864–1905, p/d)
*[[Peter Härtling]] (1933–2017, p/f/nf)
*[[Moritz Hartmann]] (1821–1872, p/f)
*[[Petra Hartmann]] (born 1970, f/nf)
*[[Hartmann von Aue]] (c. 1170 – c. 1220, p)<!-- Sorted under "Hartmann", not "Aue" -->
*[[Walter Hasenclever]] (1890–1940, p/d)
*[[Wilhelm Hasenclever]] (1837–1889, nf/f/p)
*[[Wilhelm Hauff]] (1802–1827, p/f)
*[[Gerhart Hauptmann]] (1862–1946, d/f)
*[[Otto Hauser]] (1876–1944, nf)
*[[Albrecht Haushofer]] (1903–1945, nf)
*[[Marlen Haushofer]] (1920–1970, f)
*[[Raoul Hausmann]] (1886–1971, p)
*[[Adolf Hausrath]], pseudonym George Taylor (1837–1909, nf/f)
*[[Gyula Háy]] (1900–1975, nf/d)
*[[Friedrich Hebbel]] (1813–1863, p/d)
*[[Johann Peter Hebel]] (1760–1826, f/p/nf)
*[[Friedrich Heer]] (1916–1983, nf)
*[[Heinrich Heine]] (1797–1856, p/nf)
*[[Helme Heine]] (born 1941, ch)
*[[Willi Heinrich]] (1920–2005, f)
*[[Heinrich von Morungen]] (c. 1200–1222, p)
*[[Heinrich von Veldeke]] (c. 1150–1190/1200, p)
*[[Helmut Heißenbüttel]] (1921–1996, f/p)
*[[Kurt Held]], pseudonym of Kurt Kläber (1897–1959, f/ch)
*[[Ulrike Henschke]] (1830–1897, nf)
*[[Luise Hensel]] (1798–1876, p/nf)
*[[Wilhelm Herchenbach]] (1818–1889, ch)
*[[Karoline Herder]] (1750–1809, nf)
*[[Johann Gottfried Herder]] (1744–1803, p/nf)
*[[Judith Hermann]] (born 1970, f)
*[[Stephan Hermlin]] (1915–1997, f/nf/p)
*[[Georg Herwegh]] (1817–1875, p)
*[[Theodor Herzl]] (1860–1904, d/nf)
*[[Wilhelm Herzog]] (1884–1960, nf/d)
*[[Hermann Hesse]] (1877–1962, p/f)
*[[Helius Eobanus Hessus]], pseudonym of Eoban Koch (1488–1540, p)
*[[Georg Heym]] (1887–1912, p/nf/d)
*[[Stefan Heym]], pseudonym of Hellmuth Flieg (1913–2001, nf)
*[[Paul Heyse]] (1830–1914, f/d)
*[[Charlotte von Hezel]] (1755–1817, nf)
*[[Wolfgang Hilbig]] (1941–2007, p/nf)
*[[Wolfgang Hildesheimer]] (1916–1991, f/d)
*[[Kurt Hiller]] (1885–1972, nf)
*[[Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder|Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel]] (1741–1796, nf)
*[[Rolf Hochhuth]] (1931–2020, d/f)
*[[Fritz Hochwälder]] (1911–1986, d)
*[[Jakob van Hoddis]], pseudonym of Hans Davidsohn (1887–1942, p)
*[[E. T. A. Hoffmann]] (1776–1822, f)
*[[Heinrich Hoffmann (author)|Heinrich Hoffmann]] (1809–1894, nf/ch)
*[[August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben]] (1798–1874, p/ch)
*[[Gert Hofmann]] (1931–1993, nf)
*[[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]] (1874–1929, f/p/d)
*[[Robert Hohlbaum]] (1886–1955, f/d)
*[[Franz Hohler]] (born 1943, nf/d)
*[[Friedrich Hölderlin]] (1770–1843, p/nf)
*[[Karl von Holtei]] (1798–1880, p)
*[[Hans Egon Holthusen]] (1913–1997, p/nf)
*[[Arno Holz]] (1863–1929, p/d)
*[[Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty]] (1748–1776, p)
*[[Barbara Honigmann]] (born 1949, f/nf/d)
*[[Axel Honneth]] (born 1949, nf)
*[[Hans von Hopfen]], pseudonym of Hans Mayer (1835–1904, p/f)
*[[Ödön von Horvath]] (1901–1938, d/f)
*[[Hrabanus Maurus]] (c. 780–856, p/nf)
*[[Ricarda Huch]] (1864–1947, nf/f/p)
*[[Peter Huchel]] (1903–1981, p)
*[[Norbert Hummelt]] (born 1962, p/nf)
*[[Wilhelm Hünermann]] (1900–1975, nf)
*[[Christian Friedrich Hunold]] (1681–1721, f/p)
*[[Thomas Hürlimann]] (born 1950, d/f)
*[[Hanns Dieter Hüsch]] (1925–2005, nf)
*[[Ulrich von Hutten]] (1488–1523, nf/p)
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==I==
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*[[August Wilhelm Iffland]] (1759–1814, d)
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==J==
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*[[Heinrich Eduard Jacob]] (1889–1967, nf/f/d)
*[[Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi]] (1743–1819, nf)
*[[Johann Georg Jacobi]] (1740–1814, p/nf)
*[[Ernst Jandl]] (1925–2000, p)
*[[Jans der Enikel]] (fl. late 13th c., p/nf)
*[[Tommy Jaud]] (born 1970, d/nf)
*[[Jean Paul]] (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter) (1763–1825, f)
*[[Elfriede Jelinek]] (born 1946, d/f)
*[[Walter Jens]] (1923–2013, nf)
*[[Wilhelm Jensen]] (1837–1911, f/p)
*[[Johannes von Tepl]] (c. 1350 – c. 1415, p)
*[[Albrecht von Johansdorf]] (c. 1185 – c. 1209, p)
*[[Uwe Johnson]] (1934–1984, f/nf)
*[[Hanns Johst]] (1890–1978, f/d/nf)
*[[Ernst Jünger]] (1895–1998, nf)
*[[Antonie Jüngst]] (1843-1918)
*[[Peter Stephan Jungk]] (born 1952, f)
*[[Robert Jungk]] (1913–1994, nf)
*[[Johann Heinrich Jung|Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling]], pseudonym of Johann Heinrich Jung (1740–1817, nf)
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==K==
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*[[Franz Kafka]] (1883–1924, f)
*[[Friedrich Kaiser]] (1814–1874, d/f)
*[[Georg Kaiser]] (1878–1945, d)
*[[Max Kalbeck]] (1850–1921, nf)
*[[Mascha Kaléko]] (1907–1975, p)
*[[David Kalisch]] (1820–1872, d/nf)
*[[Wladimir Kaminer]] (born 1967, f/nf)
*[[Hermann Kant]] (1926–2016, f/d)
*[[Immanuel Kant]] (1724–1804, nf)
*[[Franz Xaver Kappus]] (1883–1966, p/f/d)
*[[Hellmuth Karasek]] (1934–2015, nf/f)
*[[Ulrich Karger]] (born 1957, nf/ch)
*[[Marie Luise Kaschnitz]] (1901–1974, f/nf/p)
*[[Abraham Gotthelf Kästner]] (1719–1800, nf)
*[[Erich Kästner]] (1899–1974, ch/p/nf)
*[[Walter Kaufmann (author)|Walter Kaufmann]] (1924–2021, f)
*[[Helmut Käutner]] (1908–1980, d)
*[[Daniel Kehlmann]] (born 1975, f/d)
*[[Ernst Keil]] (1816–1878, nf)
*[[Gottfried Keller]] (1819–1890, p/f/nf)
*[[Hans Peter Keller]] (1915–1988, p)
*[[Werner Keller (writer)|Werner Keller]] (1909–1980, nf)
*[[Friedrich Kellner]] (1885–1970, nf)
*[[Walter Kempowski]] (1929–2007, f/nf)
*[[Johannes Kepler]] (1571–1630, nf)
*[[Justinus Kerner]] (1786–1862, p/nf)
*[[Alfred Kerr]], pseudonym of Alfred Kempner (1867–1948, nf)
*[[Judith Kerr]] (1923–2019, ch)
*[[Irmgard Keun]] (1905–1982, f)
*[[Eduard von Keyserling]] (1855–1918, f/d/nf)
*[[Johann Gottfried Kinkel]] (1815–1882, p/d/nf)
*[[Bodo Kirchhoff]] (born 1948, d/f)
*[[Sarah Kirsch]] (1935–2013, p/nf)
*[[Hans Hellmut Kirst]] (1914–1989, f)
*[[Egon Erwin Kisch]] (1885–1948, f/nf)
*[[Karin Kiwus]] (born 1942, p)
*[[Johann Klaj]] (1616–1656, p/d)
*[[Ewald Christian von Kleist]] (1715–1759, p)
*[[Heinrich von Kleist]] (1777–1811, p/d/f)
*[[Jochen Klepper]] (1903–1942, p/nf)
*[[Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann]] (1777–1831, f/d)
*[[Friedrich Maximilian Klinger]] (1752–1831, d/f)
*[[Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock]] (1724–1803, p/nf)
*[[Alexander Kluge]] (born 1932, d/f/nf)
*[[Ruth Klüger]] (1931–2020, nf)
*[[Hildegard Knef]] (1925–2002, nf)
*[[Werner Koch]] (1926–1992, nf)
*[[Matthias Koeppel]] (born 1937, p/nf)
*[[Wolfgang Koeppen]] (1906–1996, f/nf)
*[[Gerhard Kofler]] (1949–2005, p/nf)
*[[Michael Köhlmeier]] (born 1949, p/f/nf)
*[[Oskar Kokoschka]] (1886–1980, p/d/nf)
*[[Gertrud Kolmar]] (1894–1943, p/nf), Holocaust victim
*[[Leopold Kompert]] (1822–1886, f/nf)
*[[Konrad von Würzburg]] (c. 1220–1287, p)
*[[Heinz G. Konsalik]], pseudonym of Heinz Günther (1921–1999, f)
*[[August Kopisch]] (1799–1853, p)
*[[Paul Kornfeld (playwright)|Paul Kornfeld]] (1889–1942, d/nf)
*[[August von Kotzebue]] (1761–1819, f/d)
*[[Christian Kracht]] (born 1966, f/nf)
*[[Robert Kraft (writer)|Robert Kraft]] (1869–1916, f)
*[[Karl Kraus (writer)|Karl Kraus]] (1874–1936, nf/d/p)
*[[Helmut Krausser]] (born 1964, f/p/d)
*[[Franz Xaver Kroetz]] (born 1946, d)
*[[Horst Krüger]] (1919–1999, f/nf)
*[[Michael Krüger (writer)|Michael Krüger]] (born 1943, f/nf/p)
*[[Friedrich Adolf Krummacher]] (1767–1845, nf/p)
*[[Max Kruse (author)|Max Kruse]] (1921–2015, ch)
*[[James Krüss]] (1926–1997, ch/p/d)
*[[Alfred Kubin]] (1877–1959, f)
*[[Adam Kuckhoff]] (1887–1943, f/nf)
*[[Johannes Kuen]] (1606–1675, p)
*[[Franz Theodor Kugler]] (1808–1858, nf)
*[[Dayan Kodua]] (born 1980, nf), born in Ghana
*[[Johann Kuhnau]] (1660–1722, f/nf)
*[[Michael Kumpfmüller]] (born 1961, nf/f)
*[[Johann Kunckel]] (1630–1703, nf)
*[[Thor Kunkel]] (born 1963, f)
*[[Reiner Kunze]] (born 1933, p/nf)
*[[Elisar von Kupffer]] (1872–1942, p/nf/d)
*[[Hermann Kurz]] (1813–1873, p/f)
*[[Isolde Kurz]] (1853–1944, p/f)
*[[Kurt Kusenberg]] (1904–1983, f)
}}

==L==
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*[[Gustav Landauer]] (1870–1919, nf)
*[[Karl Heinrich Lang]] (1764–1835, nf)
*[[Katja Lange-Müller]] (born 1951, f/d)
*[[Elisabeth Langgässer]], pseudonym of E. L. Hoffmann (1899–1950, p/f)
*[[Sophie von La Roche]] (1730–1807, f)
*[[Else Lasker-Schüler]] (1869–1945, p/f/d)
*[[Kurd Laßwitz]] (1848–1910, f/nf)
*[[Heinrich Laube]] (1806–1884, d/f)
*[[Josef Lauff]] (1855–1933, p/d)
*[[Christine Lavant]] (1915–1973, p)
*[[Johann Kaspar Lavater]] (1741–1801, p/nf)
*[[Richard Leander]], pseudonym of Richard von Volkmann (1830–1889, p/f)
*[[Benjamin Lebert]] (born 1982, f/nf)
*[[Gertrud von Le Fort]] (1876–1971, f/p/nf)
*[[Nikolaus Lenau]] (1802–1850, p)
*[[Ellen Lenneck]], pseudonym for Helene Weichardt (1851–1880, f)
*[[Michael Lentz]] (born 1964, p)
*[[Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz]] (1751–1792, p/d/nf)
*[[Siegfried Lenz]] (1926–2014, f/nf/d)
*[[Paul Leppin]] (1879–1945, f)
*[[Alexander Lernet-Holenia]] (1897–1976, p/f/d)
*[[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]] (1729–1781, nf/d)
*[[Reinhard Lettau]] (1929–1996, nf/f)
*[[Gertrud Leutenegger]] (1948–2025, p/f/d)
*[[Rahel Levin]] (1771–1833, nf)
*[[Fanny Lewald]] (1811–1889, f/nf)
*[[Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]] (1742–1799, nf)
*[[Herbert Lichtenfeld]] (1927–2001, d)
*[[Alfred Lichtenstein (writer)|Alfred Lichtenstein]] (1889–1914, p/f)
*[[Heinz Liepmann]] (1905–1966, f/nf)
*[[Detlev von Liliencron]] (1844–1909, p/f)
*[[Kurt Linck]] (born 1889, nf)<ref name="Linck1913">{{Citation |author=Kurt Linck |title=De antiquissimis veterum quae ad Iesum Nazarenum spectant testimoniis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQI3AAAAMAAJ |year=1913 |publisher=A. Töpelmann}}</ref>
*[[Paul Lindau]] (1839–1919, d/f)
*[[Mira Lobe]] (1913-1995, ch)
*[[Erich Loest]] (1926–2013, f/d)
*[[Friedrich von Logau]] (1604–1655, p)
*[[Daniel Casper von Lohenstein]] (1635–1683, d/nf/p)
*[[Hermann Löns]] (1866–1914, f/nf/p)
*[[Jakob Lorber]] (1800–1864, nf)
*[[Rudolf Lorenzen]] (1922–2013, f)
*[[Hieronymus Lorm]], pseudonym of Heinrich Landesmann (1821–1902, p/nf)
*[[Ernst Lothar]], pseudonym of Ernst Lothar Müller (1890–1974, f)
*[[Rudolf Lothar]] (1865–1933, d/f)
*[[Emil Ludwig]], pseudonym of Emil Cohn (1881–1948, nf)
*[[Otto Ludwig (writer)|Otto Ludwig]] (1813–1865, d/f/nf)
*[[Martin Luther]] (1483–1546, nf)
*[[J. J. Lynx]] (c. 1900 – unknown date of death, nf)
}}

==M==
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*[[Paul Maar]] (born 1937, ch)
*[[John Henry Mackay]] (1864–1933, nf)
*[[Andreas Mand]] (born 1959, f/nf/d)
*[[Erika Mann]] (1905–1969, nf)
*[[Golo Mann]] (1909–1994, nf)
*[[Heinrich Mann]] (1871–1950, f/nf)
*[[Klaus Mann]] (1906–1949, f/nf)
*[[Thomas Mann]] (1875–1955, f/nf)
*[[Hans Marchwitza]] (1890–1965, p/nf)
*[[Giwi Margwelaschwili]] (1927–2020, f/nf)
*[[Karl von Marinelli]] (1745–1803, d)
*[[Monika Maron]] (born 1941, f/nf)
*[[Friedrich von Matthisson]] (1761–1831, p)
*[[Fritz Mauthner]] (1849–1923, f/nf)
*[[Karl May]] (1842–1912, f/nf/ch)
*[[Marius von Mayenburg]] (born 1972, d)
*[[Hans Mayer]] (1907–2001, nf)
*[[Friederike Mayröcker]] (1924–2021, f/p/d)
*[[Mechthild of Magdeburg]] (1210 – c. 1285, nf)
*[[Christoph Meckel]] (1935–2020, nf)
*[[Miriam Meckel]] (born 1967, nf)
*[[Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger]] (1924–1942, p), Holocaust victim
*[[Walter Mehring]] (1896–1981, nf)
*[[Wilhelm Meinhold]] (1797–1851, p/d/f)
*[[Paul Melissus]], pseudonym of Schede (1539–1602, nf/p)
*[[Robert Menasse]] (born 1954, f/nf)
*[[Eva Menasse]] (born 1970, f/nf)
*[[Moses Mendelssohn]] (1729–1786, nf)
*[[Wolfgang Menzel]] (1798–1873, p/nf)
*[[Pascal Mercier]], pseudonym of Peter Bieri (1944–2023, nf)
*[[Johann Heinrich Merck]] (1741–1791, nf)
*[[Sophie Mereau]] (1770–1806, f/p)
*[[Conrad Ferdinand Meyer]] (1825–1898, p/f)
*[[Melchior Meyr]] (1810–1872, p/f/nf)
*[[Gustav Meyrink]], pseudonym of Gustav Meyer (1868–1932, f/d)
*[[Agnes Miegel]] (1879–1964, f/nf/p)
*[[Jo Mihaly]] (1902–1989, f)
*[[Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch]] (born 1948, f)
*[[Klaus Modick]] (born 1951, nf)
*[[Georg Mohr]] (1870–1928, nf)
*[[Paul Möhring]] (1890–1976, nf)
*[[Walter von Molo]] (1880–1958, f/d/nf)
*[[Terézia Mora]] (born 1971, f/nf/d)
*[[Christian Morgenstern]] (1871–1914, p)
*[[Irmtraud Morgner]] (1933–1990, f/nf)
*[[Daniel Georg Morhof]] (1639–1691, nf)
*[[Eduard Mörike]] (1804–1875, p/f)
*[[Karl Philipp Moritz]] (1756–1793, nf/f)
*[[Petra Morsbach]] (born 1956, f)
*[[Johann Michael Moscherosch]] (1601–1669, nf)
*[[Julius Mosen]], pseudonym of Julius Moses (1803–1867, p/d/f)
*[[Johann Joseph Most]] (1846–1906, nf)
*[[Hans Much]] (1880–1932, nf)
*[[Erich Mühsam]] (1878–1934, nf/p/d)
*[[Adam Heinrich Müller]] (1779–1829, nf)
*[[Maler Müller|Friedrich Müller]] (called Maler Müller) (1749–1825, p/d)
*[[Heiner Müller]] (1929–1995, p/nf)
*[[Herta Müller]] (born 1953, f/p/nf)
*[[Inge Müller]] (1925–1966, nf)
*[[Wilhelm Müller]] (called Griechen-Müller) (1794–1827, p)
*[[Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter]] (1816–1873, f/p/nf)
*[[Theodor Mundt]] (1808–1861, nf/f)
*[[Thomas Murner]] (1475–1536, nf/p)
*[[Johann Karl August Musäus]] (1735–1787, f)
*[[Adolf Muschg]] (born 1934, f/nf)
*[[Robert Musil]] (1880–1942, nf/f)
}}

==N==
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*[[Herbert Nachbar]] (1930–1980, f/d)
*[[Neidhart von Reuenthal]] (c. 1190 – c. 1245, p)
*[[Johann Nestroy]] (1802–1862, p/d)
*[[Alfred Neumann (writer)|Alfred Neumann]] (1895–1952, f/p/d)
*[[Natias Neutert]] (1941–, f/p)
*[[Eckhart Nickel]] (born 1966, nf)
*[[Friedrich Nicolai]] (1733–1811, nf)
*[[Ernst Niebergall]] (1815–1843, f/d)
*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (1844–1900, nf/p)
*[[Dieter Noll]] (1927–2008, f/p)
*[[Ingrid Noll]] (born 1935, f)
*[[Hans Erich Nossack]] (1901–1977, f/nf/p/d)
*[[Christine Nöstlinger]] (1936–2018, ch)
*[[Helga M. Novak]] (1935–2013, p/f)
*[[Novalis]], pseudonym of Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801, p/nf)
}}

==O==
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*[[Martin Opitz]] (1597–1639, p)
*[[Ernst Ortlepp]] (1800–1864, p)
*[[Andreas Osiander]] (1496–1552, nf)
*[[Carl von Ossietzky]] (1889–1938, nf)
*[[Oswald von Wolkenstein]] (1377–1445, p)
*[[Otfrid of Weissenburg|Otfrid von Weißenburg]] (c. 800 – post-870, p)
*[[Emine Sevgi Özdamar]] (born 1946, f/nf)
}}

==P==
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*[[Oskar Panizza]] (1853–1921, d/f/p)
*[[Franz von Papen]] (1879–1969, nf)
*[[Harald Parigger]] (born 1953, nf/p/ch)
*[[Jean Paul]], pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825, f)
*[[Erica Pedretti]] (1930–2022, nf)
*[[Annette Pehnt]] (born 1967, nf)
*[[Ulrich Peltzer]] (born 1956, f)
*[[Ernst Penzoldt]] (1892–1955, f)
*[[Leo Perutz]] (1882–1957, f/nf)
*[[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi]] (1746–1827, f/nf)
*[[Julius Petri]] (1868–1894, nf)
*[[Ludwig Pfau]] (1821–1894, p/nf)
*[[Anita Pichler]] (1948–1997, f/nf)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=TLL:2:0::::P2_ID:612 |title=Anita Pichler |work=Lexikon literatur in Tirol |language=de}}</ref>
*[[Karoline Pichler]] (1769–1843, f)
*[[Theodor Piderit]] (1826–1912, )
*[[Heinz Piontek]] (1925–2003, p/nf)
*[[Willibald Pirckheimer]] (1470–1530, nf)
*[[August von Platen-Hallermünde]], pseudonym August Graf von Platen (1796–1835, p/d)
*[[Ulrich Plenzdorf]] (1934–2007, d/f)
*[[Luise von Ploennies]] (1803–1872, p/d)
*[[Johannes Praetorius]], pseudonym of Hans Schulz (1630–1680, nf)
*[[Paula von Preradović]] (1887–1951, p/f/nf)
*[[Otfried Preußler]] (1923–2013, ch)
*[[Robert Prutz]] (1816–1872, p/nf/d)
*[[Stanisław Przybyszewski]] (1868–1927, f/d/p)
*[[Hermann von Pückler-Muskau]] (1785–1871, nf)
}}

==R==
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*[[Wilhelm Raabe]] (1831–1910, f)
*[[Rabanus Maurus]] (c. 780–856, nf/p), also Rhabanus or Hrabanus
*[[Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener]] (1714–1771, nf)
*[[Wilhelm Rath]] (1897–1973, nf)
*[[Ferdinand Raimund]] (1790–1836, d)
*[[Karl Wilhelm Ramler]] (1725–1798, p)
*[[Christoph Ransmayr]] (born 1954, nf/f)
*[[Lutz Rathenow]] (born 1952, f/p/d)
*[[Wolfgang Ratke]] (1571–1635, nf)
*[[Sven Regener]] (born 1961, p/f)
*[[Ruth Rehmann]] (1922–2016, f/d)
*[[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]] (1920–2013, nf)
*[[Uwe Reimer]] (1948–2004, nf)
*[[Herbert Reinecker]] (1914–2007, f/d)
*[[Reinmar von Hagenau]] (c. 1160/1170 – pre-1210, p)
*[[Reinmar von Zweter]] (c. 1225 – c. 1250, p)
*[[Ludwig Rellstab]] (1799–1860, p/nf)
*[[Erich Maria Remarque]], pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark (1898–1970, f/d/nf)
*[[Joscha Remus]] (born 1958, nf/ch)
*[[Lothar Rendulic]] (1897–1971, nf)
*[[Sir John Retcliffe]], pseudonym of Hermann Goedsche (1815–1878, nf)
*[[Johannes Reuchlin]] (1455–1522, nf)
*[[Fritz Reuter]] (1810–1874, f/p)
*[[Hans Peter Richter]] (1926–1993, ch/nf)
*[[Hans Werner Richter]] (1908–1993, f/nf)
*[[Frieda von Richthofen]] (1879–1956, nf), later Frieda Lawrence
*[[Brigitte Riebe]] (born 1953, f)
*[[Rainer Maria Rilke]] (1875–1926, p/f)
*[[Joachim Ringelnatz]] (1883–1934, p/nf)
*[[Luise Rinser|Louise Rinser]] (1911–2002, f/nf/ch)
*[[Johann Rist]] (1607–1667, p/d)
*[[Robert Roberthin]] (1600–1648, p)
*[[Charlotte Roche]] (born 1978, f)
*[[Alexander Roda Roda]], pseudonym of Šandor Friedrich Rosenfeld (1872–1945, nf)
*[[Peter Rosegger]], pseudonym of Roßegger (1843–1918, p/f)
*[[Peter Rosei]] (born 1946, f/nf/ch)
*[[Ernst Rosmer]], pseudonym of Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, d/f/nf)
*[[Johann Leonhard Rost]] (1688–1727, nf)
*[[Eugen Roth]] (1895–1976, p)
*[[Friederike Roth]] (born 1948, d)
*[[Gerhard Roth]] (1942–2022, f/d/nf)
*[[Joseph Roth]] (1894–1939, f/nf)
*[[Patrick Roth]] (born 1953, f/nf)
*[[Stephan Ludwig Roth]] (1796–1849, nf)
*[[Toni Rothmund]] (1877–1956, f/nf)
*[[Friedrich Rückert]] (1788–1866, p/nf)
*[[Rudolf von Ems]] (c. 1200 – c. 1253, p)
}}

==S==
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*[[Ferdinand von Saar]] (1833–1906, f/d/p)
*[[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]] (1836–1895, f/nf)
*[[Hans Sachs]] (1494–1576, p/d)
*[[Nelly Sachs]] (1891–1970, p/d)
*[[Ernst von Salomon]] (1902–1972, nf)
*[[Felix Salten]], pseudonym of Siegmund Salzmann (1869–1945, d/f/nf)
*[[Christian Gotthilf Salzmann]] (1744–1811, nf)
*[[Adolf Friedrich von Schack]] (1815–1894, p/nf)
*[[Jakob Schaffner]] (1875–1944, f)
*[[Judith Schalansky]] (born 1980, f/nf)
*[[Rafik Schami]] (born 1946, f/nf)
*[[Paul Scheerbart]] (1863–1915, f/nf/p)
*[[Leopold Schefer]] (1784–1862, p/f)
*[[Joseph Victor von Scheffel]] (1826–1886, p/f)
*[[Johann Hermann Schein]] (1586–1630, p)
*[[Johannes Scherr]] (1817–1886, f/nf)
*[[Norbert Scheuer]] (born 1951, f/p)
*[[Emanuel Schikaneder]] (1751–1812, d/p/f)
*[[Friedrich Schiller]] (1759–1805, d/p/nf)
*[[Roland Schimmelpfennig]] (born 1967, d/f)
*[[Baldur von Schirach]] (1907–1974, nf)
*[[Ferdinand von Schirach]] (born 1964, f/nf/d)
*[[Johannes Schlaf]] (1862–1941, d/p)
*[[August Wilhelm Schlegel]] (1767–1845, p/nf)
*[[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel|Friedrich Schlegel]] (1772–1829, p/nf)
*[[Johann Elias Schlegel]] (1719–1749, nf/p)
*[[Bernhard Schlink]] (born 1944, f/nf)
*[[Arno Schmidt]] (1914–1979, d)
*[[Michael Schmidt-Salomon]] (born 1967, nf/ch)
*[[Elke Schmitter]] (born 1961, f/p)
*[[Max Schneckenburger]] (1819–1849, p)
*[[Louis Schneider (actor)|Louis Schneider]] (1805–1878, d/nf)
*[[Reinhold Schneider]] (1903–1958, p/f)
*[[Arthur Schnitzler]] (1862–1931, d/f/nf)
*[[Wolfdietrich Schnurre]] (1920–1989, f/nf/ch)
*[[Johanna Schopenhauer]] (1766–1838, nf/f)
*[[Friedrich Ludwig Schröder]] (1744–1816, d)
*[[Rainer M. Schröder]] (born 1951, f/ch)
*[[Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart]] (1739–1791, p/nf)
*[[Levin Schücking]] (1814–1883, f/nf)
*[[Franz Schuh (writer)|Franz Schuh]] (born 1947, f/nf)
*[[Tony Schumacher (German author)|Tony Schumacher]] (1848–1931, ch/nf)
*[[Gustav Schwab]] (1792–1850, p/nf)
*[[Werner Schwab]] (1958–1994, d)
*[[Dietrich Schwanitz]] (1940–2004, f/nf)
*[[Achim Schwarze]] (born 1958, nf)
*[[Alice Schwarzer]] (born 1942, nf)
*[[Kurt Schwitters]] (1887–1948, p/nf)
*[[Charles Sealsfield]], pseudonym of Karl Anton Postl (1793–1864, f/nf)
*[[W. G. Sebald]] (1944–2001, f/nf)
*[[Anna Seghers]], pseudonym of Netty Radvanyi (1900–1983, f/nf)
*[[Lutz Seiler]] (born 1963, p/f)
*[[Franz Seldte]] (1882–1947, nf)
*[[Walter Serner]] (1889–1942, f/nf)
*[[Johann Gottfried Seume]] (1763–1810, nf/d/p)
*[[Henry Suso|Heinrich Seuse]] (c. 1300–1366, nf)
*[[Dalal Khario]] (born c. 1997, nf)
*[[Friedrich Sieburg]] (1893–1964, nf)
*[[Johannes Mario Simmel]] (1924–2009, d/f)
*[[Karl Simrock]] (1802–1876, nf)
*[[Curt Siodmak]] (1902–2000, f/d)
*[[Johann Sithmann]] (1602–1666, nf) 
*[[Angela Sommer-Bodenburg]] (born 1948, ch)
*[[Joseph von Sonnenfels]] (1733–1817, nf/f)
*[[Jura Soyfer]] (1912–1939, nf), Holocaust victim
*[[Manès Sperber]] (1905–1984, f/nf)
*[[Hilde Spiel]] (1911–1990, f/nf)
*[[Friedrich Spielhagen]] (1829–1911, f/nf)
*[[Carl Spitteler]] (1845–1924, p)
*[[Johanna Spyri]] (1827–1901, ch)
*[[Arnold Stadler]] (born 1954, nf)
*[[Albert Steffen]] (1884–1963, p/d/nf)
*[[Angela Steinmüller]] (born 1941, nf/f)
*[[Karlheinz Steinmüller]] (born 1950, nf/f)
*[[Ginka Steinwachs]], pseudonym of Gisela Steinwachs (born 1942, d/f/nf)
*[[Adolf Stern]], pseudonym of Adolf Ernst (1835–1907, nf/p)
*[[Fritz Steuben]], pseudonym of Erhard Wittek (1898–1981, f)
*[[Adalbert Stifter]] (1805–1868, f)
*[[Julius Stinde]] (1841–1905, d/f/nf)
*[[Max Stirner]] (1806–1856, nf)
*[[Helene Stöcker]] (1869–1943, nf)
*[[Christian zu Stolberg-Stolberg]] (1748–1821, p)
*[[Theodor Storm]] (1817–1888, f/p)
*[[August Stramm]] (1874–1915, p/d)
*[[Botho Strauß]] (born 1944, d/f/nf)
*[[Erwin Strittmatter]] (1912–1994, nf)
*[[Eva Strittmatter]] (1930–2011, p/nf/ch)
*[[Antje Rávic Strubel]] (born 1974, f/nf)
*[[Julius Sturm]] (1816–1896, p)
*[[Hermann Sudermann]] (1857–1928, d/f)
*[[Dana von Suffrin]] (born 1985, f)
*[[Patrick Süskind]] (born 1949, f/d)
*[[Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind]] (1901–1970, nf)
*[[Süßkind von Trimberg]] (1230–1300, p)
*[[Martin Suter]] (born 1948, f/d)
*[[Bertha von Suttner]] (1843–1914, f/nf)
*[[Leonie Swann]] (born 1975, f)
*[[Carmen Sylva]], pseudonym of Elisabeth Queen of Romania (1843–1916, p/d/f)
}}

==T==
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*[[George Tabori]] (1914–2007, d/f)
*[[Rudolf Tarnow]] (1867–1933, p/nf/ch)
*[[Johannes Tauler]] (c. 1300–1361, nf)
*[[Gerhard Tersteegen]] (1697–1769, nf/p)
*[[Ludwig Thoma]] (1867–1921, f/nf/d)
*[[Moritz August von Thummel]] (1738–1817, f/nf)
*[[Harry Thürk]] (1927–2005, f/nf/ch)
*[[Ludwig Tieck]] (1773–1853, p/f/nf)
*[[Uwe Timm]] (born 1940, f)
*[[Ernst Toller]] (1893–1939, d)
*[[Friedrich Torberg]], pseudonym of Friedrich Kantor-Berg (1908–1979, f/nf)
*[[Georg Trakl]] (1887–1914, p)
*[[B. Traven]] (1882–1969, f)
*[[Ilija Trojanow]] (born 1965, nf)
*[[Kurt Tucholsky]] (1890–1935, nf/p/f)
}}

==U==
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*[[Ludwig Uhland]] (1787–1862, p/nf)
*[[Regina Ullmann]] (1884–1961, p/nf)
*[[Ulrich von Liechtenstein]] (c. 1198 – c. 1276, p)
*[[Ulrich von Zatzikhofen]] (13th c., p)
*[[Hermann Ungar]] (1893–1929, d/f)
*[[Fritz von Unruh]] (1885–1970, d/p/f)
*[[Johann Peter Uz]] (1720–1796, p)
}}

==V==
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*[[Joachim Vadianus]], pseudonym of Joachim von Watt (1484–1551, nf)
*[[Karl Valentin]], pseudonym of Valentin Ludwig Fey (1882–1948, d/nf)
*[[Jan Valtin]] (1905–1951, f)
*[[Birgit Vanderbeke]] (1956–2021, f/nf)
*[[Karl August Varnhagen von Ense]] (1785–1858, nf)
*[[Rahel Varnhagen]] (1771–1833, nf)
*[[Berthold Viertel]] (1885–1953, d)
*[[Friedrich Theodor Vischer]] (1807–1887, f/p/d)
*[[Johann Heinrich Voss]] (1751–1826, p/nf)
*[[Richard Voss]] (1851–1918, d/f)
*[[Christian August Vulpius]] (1762–1827, f/d)
}}

==W==
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*[[Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder]] (1773–1798, nf)
*[[Heinrich Leopold Wagner]] (1747–1779, d)
*[[Jan Costin Wagner]] (born 1972, f)
*[[Siegfried Wagner]] (1869–1930, d)
*[[Wilhelm Waiblinger]] (1804–1830, p/f)
*[[Walahfrid Strabo]] (c. 810–849, nf/p)
*[[Max Waldau]] (1821 or 1825–1855, p/f)
*[[Herwarth Walden]], pseudonym of Georg Lewin (1878–1941, nf)
*[[Martin Walser]] (1927–2023, nf/f)
*[[Robert Walser]] (1878–1956, f/nf)
*[[Walther von der Vogelweide]] (c. 1170 – c. 1230, p)
*[[Maxie Wander]] (1933–1977, f)
*[[Gustav von Wangenheim]] (1895–1975, d)
*[[Jakob Wassermann]] (1873–1934, f/p/nf)
*[[Frank Wedekind]] (1864–1918, d)
*[[Hermann von Wedderkop]] (1875–1956, nf/f)
*[[Armin T. Wegner]] (1886–1978, nf)
*[[Josef Magnus Wehner]] (1891–1973, d)
*[[Wilhelm Weigand]] (1862–1949, p/f/nf)
*[[Carsten Wieland]] (born 1971, nf)
*[[Peter Weiss]] (1916–1982, d/f)
*[[Wilhelm Weitling]] (1808–1871, nf)
*[[Ehm Welk]] (1884–1966, d/nf/f)
*[[Franz Werfel]] (1890–1945, f/d/p)
*[[Benedikt Maria Leonhard von Werkmeister]] (1745–1823, nf)
*[[Zacharias Werner]] (1768–1823, p/d/nf)
*[[Christian Wernicke]] (1661–1725, p/d/nf)
*[[Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg]] (1774–1860, nf/p)
*[[Ernst Wiechert]] (1887–1950, f/p/nf)
*[[Christoph Martin Wieland]] (1733–1813, p/f)
*[[Adolf Wilbrandt]] (1837–1911, f/d)
*[[Ernst von Wildenbruch]] (1845–1901, p/d)
*[[Bruno Wille]] (1860–1928, nf)
*[[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]] (1717–1768, nf)
*[[Eugen Gottlob Winkler]] (1912–1936, nf)
*[[Heinrich Wittenwiler]] (c. 1370–1420, p)
*[[Karl August Wittfogel]] (1896–1988, d/nf)
*[[Gabriele Wohmann]] (1932–2015, f/p/d)
*[[Christa Wolf]] (1929–2011, f/nf)
*[[Friedrich Wolf (writer)|Friedrich Wolf]] (1888–1953, d/f/ch)
*[[Julius Wolff (writer)|Julius Wolff]] (1834–1910, p/f)
*[[Wolfram von Eschenbach]] (1170–1220, p)
*[[Karl Wolfskehl]] (1869–1948, p/nf/d)
*[[Hans Wollschläger]] (1935–2007, f/nf)
*[[Ernst von Wolzogen]] (1855–1934, nf/f)
*[[Paul Wühr]] (1927–2016, f/p/d)
*[[Ignaz Wurz]] (1731–1784, nf)
}}

==Y==
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*[[Bahar Yilmaz]] (born 1984, nf)
*[[Barbara Yelin]] (born 1977, nf/f)
}}

==Z==
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*[[Feridun Zaimoğlu]] (born 1964, f/nf)
*[[Joseph Christian von Zedlitz]] (1790–1862, d/p/nf)
*[[Juli Zeh]] (born 1974, f)
*[[Eva Zeller]] (1923–2022, p/f)
*[[Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf]] (1700–1760, nf/p)
*[[Kathinka Zitz-Halein]] (1801–1877, p/f)
*[[Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke]] (1771–1848, nf/f)
*[[Karl Zuchardt]] (1887–1968, f)
*[[Carl Zuckmayer]] (1896–1977, d)
*[[Unica Zürn]] (1916–1970, p)
*[[Arnold Zweig]] (1887–1968, nf)
*[[Stefan Zweig]] (1881–1942, f/d/nf)
*[[Stefanie Zweig]] (1932–2014, f/ch/nf)
*[[Jan Zweyer]], pseudonym of Rüdiger Richartz (born 1953, nf)
*[[Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst]] (1845–1906, nf)
}}

==See also==

*[[List of Germans]]
*[[List of German-language philosophers]]
*[[List of German-language playwrights]]
*[[List of German-language poets]]
*[[List of German journalists]]
*[[List of German women writers]]
*[[List of Austrian women writers]]
*[[List of Swiss women writers]]
*[[Lists of writers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophie/ Sophie], digital library of works by German-speaking women, [[Brigham Young University]]

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