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This list contains the names of persons (of any ethnicity or nationality) who wrote fiction, essays, or plays in the German language. It includes both living and deceased writers.

Most of the medieval authors are alphabetized by their first name, not by their sobriquet.

Abbreviations: children's (ch), drama (d), fiction (f), non-fiction (nf), poetry (p)

A[edit]

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)

B[edit]

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)
Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, f/d/p)
August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820, nf)
Stefan Beuse (born 1967, nf)^[1]
Peter Bichsel (born 1935, nf/p)
Jakob Bidermann (1578–1639, d/nf)
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)
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)

C[edit]

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)

D[edit]

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 (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)

E[edit]

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 (born 1978, nf)
Gustav Ernst (born 1944, d/f)
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)

F[edit]

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 (1609–1640, p)
Walter Flex (1887–1917, f/nf)
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)
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)

G[edit]

Philipp Galen, pseudonym of Philipp Lange (1813–1899, f)
Ludwig Ganghofer (1855–1920, f)
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)

H[edit]

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)
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 (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 (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, d/nf)
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)

I[edit]

August Wilhelm Iffland (1759–1814, d)

J[edit]

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)
Peter Stephan Jungk (born 1952, f)
Robert Jungk (1913–1994, nf)
Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling, pseudonym of Johann Heinrich Jung (1740–1817, nf)