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Born January 24, 1798 • Poland
Died February 12, 1880 (aged 82) • Wrocław • Poland
Notable Works “Der letzte Komödiant” • “Die Vagabunden” • “Lenore” • “Schlesische Gedichte” • “Vierzig Jahre”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
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Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt
German writer and producer
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
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
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
German writer
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Volker Braun
German author
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
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Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
Toller
Ernst Toller
German writer
portrait of Klabund by Orlik
Klabund
German writer
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
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