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Born May 7, 1939 (age 87) • Dresden • Germany
Political Affiliation Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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Ilse Aichinger
Austrian author
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
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
Portrait of Austrian author Alexander Lernet-Holenia, an older man in a suit and tie, seated and looking toward the camera with a slight smile.
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Austrian writer
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
German writer
Clemens Brentano, detail of an etching by Ludwig Grimm, 1837
Clemens Brentano
German author
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
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Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
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Klabund
German writer
Holtei, Karl von
Karl von Holtei
German author
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Otto Erich Hartleben
German writer
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
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