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Born March 10, 1873 • Fürth • Germany
Died January 1, 1934 (aged 60) • Austria
Notable Works “Caspar Hauser” • “Etzel Andergast” • “Kerkhoven’s Third Existence” • “The Maurizius Case” • “The World’s Illusion”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
German writer
Friedrich Jacobi, engraving by N. Afinger
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
German philosopher
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
Wolf, Christa
Christa Wolf
German author
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
Leonhard Frank
German writer
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
Hippel, engraving by J.F. Bolt
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel
German writer
Fanny Lewald
German writer
Marie Luise Kaschnitz
German author
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
Karl May
German author
Frenssen, 1933
Gustav Frenssen
German novelist
Holtei, Karl von
Karl von Holtei
German author
Karl Philipp Moritz
German novelist