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Born February 18, 1855 • Switzerland
Died February 12, 1920 (aged 64) • Zürich • Switzerland
Notable Works “Die Jungfer von Wattenwil” • “Duss und underm Rafe”
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Robert Walser
Swiss writer
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Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
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Peter Bichsel
Swiss author
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Jakob Schaffner
Swiss writer
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Robert Faesi
Swiss writer
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Albin Zollinger
Swiss writer
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Alfred Andersch
German-Swiss writer
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Meinrad Inglin
Swiss author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian-German poet
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
German poet
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
French writer Michel Houellebecq in 2014, wearing a dark jacket over a blue shirt, standing in front of a blue backdrop with white text and logos.
Michel Houellebecq
French author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
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Arno Schmidt
German author
Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
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Uwe Johnson
German author

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