Ayrıca bakınız: Almanca yazan filozofların listesi, Almanca yazan oyun yazarlarının listesi ve Almanca yazan şairler listesi
Bu liste etnik köken ya da ulusa bağlı olmaksızın Almanca Kurgu, Deneme veya Tiyatro oyunu yazan ölmüş ya da yaşamakta olan yazarları içerir.
- Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865)
- Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719–1800)
- Achim Schwarze (d. 1958)
- Achim von Arnim (1781–1831)
- Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868)
- Adam Heinrich Müller (1779–1829)
- Adam Kuckhoff (1887–1943)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838)
- Adolf Bartels (1862–1945)
- Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894)
- Adolf Hausrath, pseudonym George Taylor (1837–1909)
- Adolf Muschg (d. 1934)
- Adolf Stern, ya da Adolf Ernst (1835–1907)
- Adolf Wilbrandt (1837–1911)
- Agnes Miegel (1879–1964)
- Albert Ehrenstein (1886–1950)
- Albert Paris Gütersloh, ya da Albert Conrad Kiehtreiber (1887–1973)
- Albert Steffen (1884–1963)
- Albrecht Behmel (d. 1971)
- Albrecht Goes (1908–2000)
- Albrecht Haushofer (1903–1945)
- Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777)
- Albrecht von Johansdorf (1185 – 1209)
- Alexander Kluge (d. 1932)
- Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976)
- Alexander Roda Roda, ya da Sandór Friedrich Rosenfeld (1872–1945)
- Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969)
- Alfred Andersch (1914–1980)
- Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
- Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921)
- Alfred Kerr, ya da Alfred Kempner (1867–1948)
- Alfred Kubin (1877–1959)
- Alfred Lichtenstein (1889–1914)
- Alfred Neumann (1895–1952)
- Alice Schwarzer (d. 1942)
- Anastasius Grün, ya da Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876)
- Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664)
- Andreas Mand (d. 1959)
- Andreas Osiander (1496–1552)
- Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (d. 1948)
- Angela Steinmüller (d. 1941)
- Angelus Silesius, ya da Johann Scheffler (1624–1677)
- Anna Seghers, ya da Netty Radvanyi (1900–1983)
- Anne Frank (1929–1945)
- Annette Pehnt (d. 1967)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
- Antje Rávic Strubel (d. 1974)
- Armin T. Wegner (1886–1978)
- Arno Geiger (d. 1968)
- Arno Holz (1863–1929)
- Arno Schmidt (1914–1979)
- Arnold Stadler (d. 1954)
- Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931)
- Artur Dinter (1876–1948)
- August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820)
- August Graf von Platen ya da August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835)
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874)
- August Kopisch (1799–1853)
- August Stramm (1874–1915)
- August von Kotzebue (1761–1819)
- August Wilhelm Iffland (1759–1814)
- August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845)
- Axel Brauns (d. 1963)
- B. Traven (1882–1969)
- Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974)
- Barbara Honigmann (d. 1949)
- Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747)
- Bas Böttcher (d. 1974)
- Benjamin Lebert (d. 1982)
- Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre (d. 1975)
- Bernhard Schlink (d. 1944)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914)
- Berthold Viertel (1885–1953)
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
- Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859)
- Bogumil Goltz (1801–1870)
- Botho Strauß (d. 1944)
- Brigitte Riebe (d. 1953)
- Bruno Frank (1887–1945)
- Bruno Wille (1860–1928)
- C. W. Ceram, ya da Kurt W. Marek (1915–1972)
- Carl Einstein (1885–1940)
- Carl Lange (1885–1959)
- Carl Spitteler (1845–1924)
- Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938)
- Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977)
- Carmen Sylva, ya da Elisabeth Queen of Romania (1843–1916)
- Charles Sealsfield, ya da Karl Anton Postl (1793–1864)
- Charlotte Roche (d. 1978)
- Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
- Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827)
- Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836)
- Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791)
- Christian Friedrich Hunold (1681–1721)
- Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715–1769)
- Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744–1811)
- Christian Kracht (d. 1966)
- Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914)
- Christian Wernicke (1661–1725)
- Christian zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821)
- Christine Busta ya da Christine Dimt (1915–1987)
- Christine Lavant (1915–1973)
- Christine Nöstlinger (d. 1936)
- Christlob Mylius (1722–1754)
- Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813)
- Christoph Meckel (d. 1935)
- Christoph Ransmayr (d. 1954)
- Claire Goll (1891–1977)
- Clark Darlton, ya da Walter Ernsting (1920–2005)
- Clemens Brentano (1778–1842)
- Conrad Celtis (1459–1508)
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898)
- Cornelia Funke (d. 1958)
- Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)
- Daniel Casper von Lohenstein (1635–1683)
- Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691)
- Daniel Kehlmann (d. 1975)
- David Kalisch (1820–1872)
- Detlev von Liliencron (1844–1909)
- Dieter Noll 1927–2008
- Dietmar von Aist (1140–1171)
- Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923)
- Doris Dörrie (d. 1955)
- Eberhard Werner Happel (1647–1690)
- Eckhart Nickel (d. 1966)
- Edlef Köppen (1893–1939)
- Eduard Mörike (1804–1875)
- Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918)
- Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948)
- Egon Friedell, ya da Egon Friedmann (1878–1938)
- Ehm Welk (1884–1966)
- Elfriede Jelinek (d. 1946)
- Elias Canetti (1905–1994)
- Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975)
- Elisabeth Langgässer, ya da E. L. Hoffmann (1899–1950)
- Elisar von Kupffer (1872–1942)
- Elke Schmitter (d. 1961)
- Ellen Lenneck, pseudonym for Helene Weichardt (1851–1880).
- Else Feldmann (1884–1942)
- Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945)
- Emanuel Geibel (1815–1884)
- Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812)
- Emil Ludwig, ya da Emil Cohn (1881–1948)
- Emine Sevgi Özdamar (d. 1946)
- Erica Pedretti (d. 1930)
- Erich Fried (1921–1988)
- Erich Hackl (d. 1954)
- Erich Kästner (1899–1974)
- Erich Loest (1926–2013)
- Erich Maria Remarque, ya da Erich Paul Remark (1898–1970)
- Erich Mühsam (1878–1934)
- Erich von Däniken (d. 1935)
- Erika Mann (1905–1969)
- Ernst Angel (1895–1986)
- Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831)
- Ernst Barlach (1870–1938)
- Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900)
- Ernst Eschmann (1886–1953)
- Ernst Hardt, ya da Ernst Stöckhardt (1876–1947)
- Ernst Jandl (1925–2000)
- Ernst Jünger (1895–1998)
- Ernst Lothar, ya da Ernst Lothar Müller (1890–1974)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860)
- Ernst Niebergall (1815–1843)
- Ernst Ortlepp (1800–1864)
- Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955)
- Ernst Rosmer, ya da Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
- Ernst Toller (1893–1939)
- Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972)
- Ernst von Wildenbruch (1845–1901)
- Ernst von Wolzogen (1855–1934)
- Ernst Wiechert (1887–1950)
- Ernst Wilhelm Eschmann (1904–1987)
- Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994)
- Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936)
- Eugen Roth (1895–1976)
- Eva Menasse (d. 1970)
- Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011)
- Eva Zeller (d. 1923)
- Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759)
- Fanny Lewald (1811–1889)
- Felix Dahn (1834–1912)
- Felix Paul Greve (1879–1948)
- Felix Salten, ya da Siegmund Salzmann (1869–1945)
- Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876)
- Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821–1891)
- Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1923)
- Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836)
- Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906)
- Feridun Zaimoğlu (d. 1964)
- Frank Wedekind (1864–1918)
- Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
- Franz Hohler (d. 1943)
- Franz Josef Degenhardt (d. 1931)
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
- Franz Karl Ginzkey (1871–1963)
- Franz Schuh (d. 1947)
- Franz Seldte (1882–1947)
- Franz Stephan Griese (1889–?)
- Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858)
- Franz von Dingelstedt (1814–1881)
- Franz Werfel (1890–1945)
- Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966)
- Franz Xaver Kroetz (d. 1946)
- Franzobel, ya da Franz Stefan Griebl (d. 1967)
- Frieda von Richthofen (1879–1956)
- Friederike Roth (d. 1948)
- Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1767–1845)
- Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843)
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
- Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816–1872)
- Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938)
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803)
- Friedrich Griese (1890–1975)
- Friedrich Halm, ya da Eligius von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806–1871)
- Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863)
- Friedrich Heer (1916–1983)
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819)
- Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843)
- Friedrich Kaiser (1814–1874)
- Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970)
- Friedrich Lange (1898–1976)
- Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744–1816)
- Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752–1831)
- Friedrich Müller ya da Maler Müller (1749–1825)
- Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
- Friedrich Roth (1897–1970)
- Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
- Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964)
- Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911)
- Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887)
- Friedrich Torberg, ya da Friedrich Kantor-Berg (1908–1979)
- Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708–1754)
- Friedrich von Logau (1604–1655)
- Friedrich von Matthisson (1761–1831)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746–1797)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816–1877)
- Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953)
- Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986)
- Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923)
- Fritz Reuter (1810–1874)
- Fritz Steuben, ya da Erhard Wittek (1898–1981)
- Fritz von Unruh (1885–1970)
- Gabriele Wohmann (d. 1932)
- Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799)
- Georg Ebers (1837–1898)
- Georg Herwegh (1817–1875)
- Georg Heym (1887–1912)
- Georg Kaiser (1878–1945)
- Georg Mohr (1870–1928)
- Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658)
- Georg Trakl (1887–1914)
- George Tabori (d. 1914)
- Gerd Semmer (1919–1967)
- Gerhard Kofler (1949–2005)
- Gerhard Roth (d. 1942)
- Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769)
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946)
- Gert Hofmann (1931–1993)
- Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943)
- Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971)
- Gertrud Zelinsky (d. 1937)
- Giwi Margwelaschwili (d. 1927)
- Golo Mann (1909–1994)
- Gorch Fock, takma adları: Jakob Holst ve Giorgio Focco (1880–1916)
- Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714)
- Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794)
- Gottfried Benn (1886–1956)
- Gottfried Keller (1819–1890)
- Gottfried von Straßburg (ö. 1210)
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781)
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener (1714–1771)
- Gustav Ernst (d. 1944)
- Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945)
- Gustav Freytag (1816–1895)
- Gustav Landauer (1870–1919)
- Gustav Meyrink, ya da Gustav Meyer (1868–1932)
- Gustav Schwab (1792–1850)
- Gustav Theodor Fechner, takma adı: Dr. Mises (1801–1887)
- Gustav von Wangenheim (1895–1975)
- Günter Eich (1907–1972)
- Günter Grass (d. 1927)
- Hanns Cibulka (1920–2004)
- Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005)
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943)
- Hanns Johst (1890–1978)
- Hans Arp (1887–1966)
- Hans Bender (d. 1919)
- Hans Carl Artmann (1921–2000)
- Hans Carossa (1878–1956)
- Hans Dominik (1872–1945)
- Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997)
- Hans Fallada, ya da Rudolf Ditzen (1893–1947)
- Hans Folz (1437–1513)
- Hans Franck (1879–1964)
- Hans Gross (1893–1981)
- Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989)
- Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621–1676)
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger (d. 1929)
- Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965)
- Hans Mayer (1907–2001)
- Hans Much (1880–1932)
- Hans Peter Keller (d. 1915)
- Hans Peter Richter (1926–1993)
- Hans Richter (1889–1940)
- Hans Sachs (1494–1576)
- Hans von Hopfen, ya da Hans Mayer (1835–1904)
- Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst (1845–1906)
- Hans Werner Richter (1908–1993)
- Hans Wollschläger (1935–2007)
- Harald Parigger (d. 1953)
- Harry Thürk (1927–2005)
- Hartmann von Aue (1170 – 1220)
- Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950)
- Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966)
- Heinar Kipphardt (1922–1982)
- Heiner Müller (1929–1995)
- Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)
- Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967)
- Frauenlob, ya da Heinrich von Meißen (1250/60–1318)
- Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894)
- Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1772–1811)
- Heinrich Laube (1806–1884)
- Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747–1779)
- Heinrich Mann (1871–1950)
- Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
- Heinrich von Morungen (1200–1222)
- Heinrich von Mügeln (1319 – 1380)
- Heinrich von Veldeke (1150–1190/1200)
- Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737–1823)
- Heinrich Wittenwiler (1370–1420)
- Heinz G. Konsalik, ya da Heinz Günther (1921–1999)
- Heinz Liepman (1905–1966)
- Heinz Piontek (1925–2003)
- Heinz Risse (1898–1989)
- Helene Christaller (1872–1953)
- Helene Stöcker (1869–1943)
- Helga M. Novak (d. 1935)
- Helius Eobanus Hessus, ya da Eoban Koch (1488–1540)
- Hellmuth Karasek (d. 1934)
- Helme Heine (d. 1941)
- Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996)
- Helmut Käutner (1908–1980)
- Helmut Krausser (d. 1964)
- Henriette Davidis (1801–1876)
- Heinrich Seuse (1300–1366)
- Herbert Lichtenfeld (1927–2001)
- Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980)
- Herbert Reinecker (d. 1914)
- Hermann Allmers (1821–1902)
- Hermann Broch (1886–1951)
- Hermann Burger (1942–1989)
- Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)
- Hermann Kant (d. 1926)
- Hermann Kurz (1813–1873)
- Hermann Löns (1866–1914)
- Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928)
- Hermann Ungar (1893–1929)
- Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871)
- Hermann von Wedderkop (1875–1956)
- Herta Müller (d. 1953)
- Herwarth Walden, ya da Georg Lewin (1878–1941)
- Hieronymus Lorm, ya da Heinrich Landesmann (1821–1902)
- Hilde Domin, ya da Hilde Palm (1909–2006)
- Hilde Spiel (1911–1990)
- Hildegard Knef (1925–2002)
- Hrabanus Maurus (780 – 856)
- Hugo Ball (1886–1927)
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929)
- Ignaz Franz Castelli, Bruder Fatalis'in takma adı (1781–1862)
- Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg (1774–1860)
- Ilija Trojanow (d. 1965)
- Ilse Aichinger (d. 1921)
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
- Inge Müller (1925–1966)
- Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973)
- Ingrid Noll (d. 1935)
- Irmgard Keun (1905–1982)
- Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990)
- Isolde Kurz (1853–1944)
- Karen Duve (d. 1961)
- Karin Kiwus (d. 1942)
- Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785–1858)
- Karl August Wittfogel (1896–1988)
- Karl Egon Ebert (1801–1882)
- Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904)
- Paul Ernst (1866–1933)
- Karl Gutzkow (1811–1878)
- Karl Heinrich Lang (1764–1835)
- Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
- Karl May (1842–1912)
- Karl Neumann (1916–1985)
- Karl Philberth (d. 1929)
- Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793)
- Karl Simrock (1802–1876)
- Karl Valentin, ya da Valentin Ludwig Fey (1882–1948)
- Karl von Holtei (1798–1880)
- Karl von Marinelli (1745–1803)
- Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829)
- Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725–1798)
- Karl Wolfskehl (1869–1948)
- Karl Zuchardt (1887–1968)
- Karlheinz Steinmüller (d. 1950)
- Karoline Pichler (1769–1843)
- Kathinka Zitz-Halein (1801–1877)
- Katja Lange-Müller (d. 1951)
- Kerstin Gier (d. 1966)
- Kerstin Hensel (d. 1961)
- Klaus Groth (1819–1899)
- Klaus Mann (1906–1949)
- Konrad Fleck (13th century)
- Konrad von Würzburg (1220–1287)
- Kurd Laßwitz (1848–1910)
- Kurt Feltz, pseudonym Johnny Bartels (1910–1982)
- Kurt Held, ya da Kurt Kläber (1897–1959)
- Kurt Hiller (1885–1972)
- Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983)
- Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948)
- Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935)
- Leo Katz (1892–1954)
- Leo Perutz (1882–1957)
- Leonhard Frank (1882–1961)
- Leonie Swann (d. 1975)
- Leopold Kompert (1822–1886)
- Leopold Schefer (1784–1862)
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895)
- Levin Schücking (1814–1883)
- Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958)
- Lorenz Diefenbach (1806–1883)
- Lothar Rendulic (1897–1971)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937)
- Louis Schneider (1805–1878)
- Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889)
- Ludwig August Frankl (1810–1894)
- Ludwig Börne (1786–1837)
- Ludwig Eichrodt (1827–1892)
- Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952)
- Ludwig Fulda, ya da Ludwig Anton Salomon (1862–1939)
- Ludwig Ganghofer (1855–1920)
- Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748–1776)
- Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894)
- Ludwig Rellstab (1799–1860)
- Ludwig Rubiner (1881–1920)
- Ludwig Thoma (1867–1921)
- Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853)
- Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862)
- Luise Hensel (1798–1876)
- Louise Rinser (1911–2002)
- Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872)
- Lutz Rathenow (d. 1952)
- Manès Sperber (1905–1984)
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki (d. 1920)
- Margarete Böhme (1867–1939)
- Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916)
- Marieluise Fleißer ya da Marieluise Haindl (1901–1974)
- Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002)
- Marius von Mayenburg (d. 1972)
- Mark Brandis (1931–2000)
- Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970)
- Martin Grzimek (d. 1950)
- Martin Gumpert (1897–1955)
- Martin Luther (1483–1546)
- Martin Opitz (1597–1639)
- Martin Suter (d. 1948)
- Martin Walser (d. 1927)
- Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975)
- Matthias Claudius (1740–1815)
- Matthias Koeppel (d. 1937)
- Max Dauthendey (1867–1918)
- Max Frisch (1911–1991)
- Max Kalbeck (1850–1921)
- Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849)
- Max Stirner (1806–1856)
- Max Waldau (1821 ya da 1825–1855)
- Maxie Wander (1933–1977)
- Mechthild of Magdeburg (1210 – 1285)
- Meister Eckhart (1260 – 1328)
- Melchior Goldast (1578–1635)
- Melchior Meyr (1810–1872)
- Michael Beheim (1416 – 1474)
- Michael Denis (1729–1800)
- Michael Ende (1929–1995)
- Michael Köhlmeier (d. 1949)
- Michael Kumpfmüller (d. 1961)
- Michael Lentz (d. 1964)
- Monika Maron (d. 1941)
- Moritz August von Thummel (1738–1817)
- Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872)
- Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786)
- Neidhart von Reuenthal (1190 – 1245)
- Nelly Sachs (1891–1970)
- Nicolas d. (1937–1979)
- Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850)
- Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760)
- Norbert Hummelt (d. 1962)
- Novalis, ya da Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801)
- Oscar Walter Cisek (1897–1966)
- Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980)
- Oskar Maria Graf (1894–1967)
- Oskar Panizza (1853–1921)
- Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377–1445)
- Otfrid von Weißenburg (800–870 sonrası)
- Otfried Preußler (d. 1923)
- Otto Erich Hartleben (1864–1905)
- Otto Hauser (1876–1944)
- Otto Ludwig (1813–1865)
- Ödön von Horvath (1901–1938)
- Pascal Mercier (d. 1944)
- Patrick Roth (d. 1953)
- Patrick Süskind (d. 1949)
- Paul Celan, ya da Paul Antschel (1920–1970)
- Paul Fleming (1609–1640)
- Paul Gerhardt (1602–1676)
- Paul Heyse (1830–1914)
- Paul Kornfeld (1889–1942)
- Paul Leppin (1879–1945)
- Paul Lindau (1839–1919)
- Paul Maar (d. 1937)
- Paul Melissus, ya da Schede (1539–1602)
- Paul Möhring (1890–1976)
- Paul Schallück (1922–1976)
- Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915)
- Paul Wühr (d. 1927)
- Paula von Preradović (1887–1951)
- Peter Altenberg (1859–1919)
- Peter Bichsel (d. 1935)
- Peter Gast (1854–1918)
- Peter Hacks (1928–2003)
- Peter Handke (d. 1942)
- Peter Härtling (d. 1933)
- Peter Huchel (1903–1981)
- Peter Rosegger, ya da Roßegger (1843–1918)
- Peter Rosei (d. 1946)
- Peter Stephan Jungk (d. 1952)
- Peter Weiss (1916–1982)
- Petra Hartmann (d. 1970)
- Philipp Galen, ya da Philipp Lange (1813–1899)
- Rabanus Maurus (780 – 856), also Rhabanus or Hrabanus
- Rafik Schami (d. 1946)
- Rahel Levin (1771–1833)
- Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833)
- Rainald Goetz (d. 1954)
- Rainer M. Schröder (d. 1951)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982)
- Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948)
- Raoul Hausmann (1886–1971)
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