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Born September 15, 1756 • Hameln • Germany
Died June 26, 1793 (aged 36) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works “Anton Reiser”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
German writer
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
Wolf, Christa
Christa Wolf
German author
Carl Zuckmayer.
Carl Zuckmayer
German playwright
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann
German author
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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Else Lasker-Schüler
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
Falke, Gustav
Gustav Falke
German author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Canetti
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born writer