Most Famous German Writers
50 German Writers in view out of 2,814
Writing 2,814
Germany 19,303
Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher 1844 – 1900
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Immanuel Kant German Philosopher 1724 – 1804
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet 1749 – 1832
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German Philosopher 1770 – 1831
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Bertolt Brecht German Playwright 1898 – 1956
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Martin Heidegger German Philosopher 1889 – 1976
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Hannah Arendt German Philosopher 1906 – 1975
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Hermann Hesse German Novelist 1877 – 1962
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Thomas Mann German Novelist 1875 – 1955
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Friedrich Schiller German Poet 1759 – 1805
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Heinrich Heine German Poet 1797 – 1856
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Wilhelm Wundt German Philosopher 1832 – 1920
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Erich Maria Remarque German Writer 1898 – 1970
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Erich Kästner German Writer 1899 – 1974
#1,856
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte German Philosopher 1762 – 1814
#1,963
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Karl Jaspers German Philosopher 1883 – 1969
#2,152
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Meister Eckhart German Philosopher 1260 – 1328
#2,276
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Novalis German Poet 1772 – 1801
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Karl May German Novelist 1842 – 1912
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Johann Gottfried Herder German Philosopher 1744 – 1803
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling German Philosopher 1775 – 1854
#2,458
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Wilhelm von Humboldt German Linguist 1767 – 1835
#2,461
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Heinrich von Kleist German Playwright 1777 – 1811
#2,493
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Friedrich Hölderlin German Poet 1770 – 1843
#2,497
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Max Stirner German Philosopher 1806 – 1856
#2,538
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Gerhart Hauptmann German Playwright 1862 – 1946
#2,596
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Oswald Spengler German Historian 1880 – 1936
#2,770
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Carl Schmitt German Philosopher 1888 – 1985
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Michael Ende German Writer 1929 – 1995
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Herta Müller German Writer Born 1953
#3,217
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Nelly Sachs German Poet 1891 – 1970
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Theodor Fontane German Novelist 1819 – 1898
#3,536
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Hans-Georg Gadamer German Philosopher 1900 – 2002
#3,547
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Jacob Grimm German Philologist 1785 – 1863
#3,659
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Theodor Mommsen German Historian 1817 – 1903
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Wilhelm Busch German Poet 1832 – 1908
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Niklas Luhmann German Philosopher 1927 – 1998
#4,331
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann German Art Historian 1717 – 1768
#4,386
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Athanasius Kircher German Linguist 1602 – 1680
#4,565
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Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff German Writer 1788 – 1857
#4,838
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Eckhart Tolle German Writer Born 1948
#5,153
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Wilhelm Dilthey German Philosopher 1833 – 1911
#5,191
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Leopold von Ranke German Historian 1795 – 1886
#5,481
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Rudolf Carnap German Philosopher 1891 – 1970
#5,663
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Cornelia Funke German Writer Born 1958
#5,781
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Jean Paul German Writer 1763 – 1825
#5,843
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Ernst Bloch German Philosopher 1885 – 1977
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Jakob Böhme German Philosopher 1575 – 1624
#6,463
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Theodor Storm German Poet 1817 – 1888
#6,758
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Martin Walser German Writer Born 1927
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