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Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt
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Born June 30, 1814 • Germany
Died May 15, 1881 (aged 66) • Vienna • Austria
Movement / Style Young Germany

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Volker Braun
German author
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Holtei, Karl von
Karl von Holtei
German author
Gutzkow
Karl Gutzkow
German writer
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David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Anna Cora Mowatt, engraving from a daguerreotype.
Anna Cora Mowatt
American writer
Lennox Robinson
Irish playwright
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
Carl Zuckmayer.
Carl Zuckmayer
German playwright
Carl Sternheim
German dramatist
Sudermann, detail of an oil painting by Max Slevogt, 1927; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Hermann Sudermann
German writer
Schickele
René Schickele
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Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
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Ernst Toller
German writer
portrait of Klabund by Orlik
Klabund
German writer

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