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Born March 10, 1873 • Fürth • Germany
Died January 1, 1934 (aged 60) • Austria
Notable Works “Caspar Hauser” • “Etzel Andergast” • “Kerkhoven’s Third Existence” • “The Maurizius Case” • “The World’s Illusion”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
GĂźnter Grass
GĂźnter Grass
German writer
Friedrich Jacobi, engraving by N. Afinger
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
German philosopher
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
Wolf, Christa
Christa Wolf
German author
Carl Zuckmayer.
Carl Zuckmayer
German playwright
Sudermann, detail of an oil painting by Max Slevogt, 1927; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Hermann Sudermann
German writer
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Leonhard Frank
German writer
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RenĂŠ Schickele
German writer
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
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Else Lasker-SchĂźler
German author
Hippel, engraving by J.F. Bolt
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel
German writer
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Fanny Lewald
German writer
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz
German author
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt
German writer and producer
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Karl May
German author
Frenssen, 1933
Gustav Frenssen
German novelist
Holtei, Karl von
Karl von Holtei
German author
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Karl Philipp Moritz
German novelist