List of German-language authors

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

B

C

  • 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)
  • Alexandra Cordes (1935–1986, f)
  • Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950, f)
  • Wolf-Ulrich Cropp (born 1941, nf/f)
  • Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969, f/nf)

D

E

F

  • 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)
  • Sherko Fatah (born 1964, f)
  • 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 von Hochwart (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)
  • Johannes Fried (1942–2026, nf)
  • 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

H

I

J

K

L

  • 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)
  • Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954–2023, f/nf/d)
  • Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799, nf)
  • Herbert Lichtenfeld (1927–2001, d)
  • Alfred Lichtenstein (1889–1914, p/f)
  • Heinz Liepmann (1905–1966, f/nf)
  • Detlev von Liliencron (1844–1909, p/f)
  • Kurt Linck (born 1889, nf)[2]
  • 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 (1813–1865, d/f/nf)
  • Jonas Lüscher (born 1976, f/nf)
  • Martin Luther (1483–1546, nf)
  • J. J. Lynx (c. 1900 – unknown date of death, nf)

M

N

  • Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980, f/d)
  • Neidhart von Reuenthal (c. 1190 – c. 1245, p)
  • Johann Nestroy (1802–1862, p/d)
  • Alfred Neumann (1895–1952, f/p/d)
  • Natias Neutert (born 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)
  • Helene von Nostitz (1878–1944, f), (de:Helene von Nostitz)
  • Helga M. Novak (1935–2013, p/f)
  • Novalis, pseudonym of Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801, p/nf)

O

P

  • 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)[3]
  • Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, f)
  • Theodor Piderit (1826–1912, )
  • Heinz Piontek (1925–2003, p/nf)
  • Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530, nf)
  • Hermann Peter Piwitt (1935–2026, f/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 Schultze (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

  • Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910, f)
  • Rabanus Maurus (c. 780–856, nf/p), also Rhabanus or Hrabanus
  • Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener (1714–1771, nf)
  • Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836, d)
  • Ilma Rakusa (born 1946, f/nf/p)
  • Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725–1798, p)
  • Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954, nf/f)
  • Wilhelm Rath (1897–1973, nf)
  • Lutz Rathenow (born 1952, f/p/d/ch)
  • Wolfgang Ratke (1571–1635, nf)
  • Sven Regener (born 1961, p/f)
  • Ruth Rehmann (1922–2016, f/d)
  • Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013, nf)
  • Ilse Reicke (1893–1989, f/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)
  • Horst-Eberhard Richter (1923–2011, nf)
  • Frieda von Richthofen (1879–1956, nf), later Frieda Lawrence
  • Brigitte Riebe (born 1953, f)
  • Karl Riha (1935–2026, p/f/nf)
  • Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926, p/f)
  • Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934, p/nf)
  • Luise 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)
  • Sophie Rogge-Börner (1878–1955, 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

  • 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)
  • Mithu Sanyal (born 1971, f/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)
  • 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 (1805–1878, d/nf)
  • Peter Schneider (1940–2026, f/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)
  • Helga Schubert (born 1940, f/nf/ch)
  • Levin Schücking (1814–1883, f/nf)
  • Franz Schuh (born 1947, f/nf)
  • 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)
  • Ina Seidel (1885–1974, f/p)
  • Lutz Seiler (born 1963, p/f)
  • Franz Seldte (1882–1947, nf)
  • Edgar Selge (born 1948, nf)
  • Walter Serner (1889–1942, f/nf)
  • Wolfram Setz (1941–2023, nf)
  • Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810, nf/d/p)
  • 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)
  • Reiner Stach (born 1951, nf)
  • Arnold Stadler (born 1954, f/nf/p)
  • Saša Stanišić (born 1978, f/ch/nf)
  • Albert Steffen (1884–1963, p/d/nf)
  • Andreas Steinhöfel (born 1962, f/ch)
  • 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)
  • Lulu von Strauss und Torney (1873–1956, d/f)
  • 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)
  • Rita Süssmuth (1937–2026, nf)
  • 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

U

  • 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

W

  • 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)
  • Harald Welzer (born 1958, nf)
  • Franz Werfel (1890–1945, f/d/p)
  • Benedikt Maria Leonhard von Werkmeister (1745–1823, nf)
  • Markus Werner (1944–2016, f)
  • 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)
  • Roger Willemsen (1955–2016, nf)
  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768, nf)
  • Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936, nf)
  • Josef Winkler (born 1953, f/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 (1888–1953, d/f/ch)
  • 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

  • Bahar Yilmaz (born 1984, nf)
  • Barbara Yelin (born 1977, nf/f)

Z

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

  1. ^ Literature by and about List of German-language authors in the German National Library catalogue
  2. ^ Kurt Linck (1913), De antiquissimis veterum quae ad Iesum Nazarenum spectant testimoniis, A. Töpelmann
  3. ^ "Anita Pichler". Lexikon literatur in Tirol (in German).
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