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Born July 4, 1715 • Germany
Died December 13, 1769 (aged 54) • Leipzig • Germany
Notable Works “Das Leben der schwedischen Gräfin von G” • “Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur” • “Die Himmel rühmen des ewigen Ehren” • “Fabeln und Erzählungen” • “Geistliche Oden und Lieder”

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Gellert, lithograph
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
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Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
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Gerhart Hauptmann
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Uwe Johnson
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Novalis, detail of an engraving by Edouard Eichens, 1845
Novalis
German poet
Mörike, Eduard Friedrich
Eduard Friedrich Mörike
German poet
Eichendorff, Joseph, freiherr von
Joseph, baron von Eichendorff
German writer
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Carossa
Hans Carossa
German writer
Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
German writer
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Volker Braun
German author
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
German writer
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Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
Winfried George Maximilian Sebald, wearing glasses and a white shirt with a dark jacket, stands under stone arches and looks at the camera.
W.G. Sebald
German-English author
Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz
German author
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
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Paul Fleming
German poet

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