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)
  • 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)
  • 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

H

I

J

  • 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-Stilling, pseudonym of Johann Heinrich Jung (1740–1817, nf)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 (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

P

R

  • 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)
  • 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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 (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)
  • 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)
  • 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

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

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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