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Born July 20, 1934 • Poland
Found Dead March 12, 1984 • England
Notable Works “Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl” • “Ingrid Babendererde: Reifeprüfung 1953” • “Speculations About Jakob”
Movement / Style Gruppe 47
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
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Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
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Charles Plisnier
Belgian author
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Ilse Aichinger
Austrian author
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
German author
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
German writer
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Arno Schmidt
German author
Herta Müller, 2009.
Herta Müller
Romanian-born German writer
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Micah Joseph Berdichevsky
Russian author
Eichendorff, Joseph, freiherr von
Joseph, baron von Eichendorff
German writer
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Volker Braun
German author
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Gert Hofmann
German author
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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
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz
German author
Heyse, c. 1870
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse
German writer
Falke, Gustav
Gustav Falke
German author

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