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Martin Buber

Martin Buber

German religious philosopher

Franz Rosenzweig

German philosopher

Mendelssohn, Moses

Moses Mendelssohn

German-Jewish philosopher and scholar

Robert Bly

American author

Schlegel, August Wilhelm von

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

German scholar and critic

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Ludwig Tieck

German writer

Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

American author

Sadeq Hedayat.

Sadeq Hedayat

Iranian author

Opitz, Martin

Martin Opitz

German poet

Kazantzákis, Níkos

Níkos Kazantzákis

Greek writer

Eric Bentley

American critic, translator, and stage director

Bürger, Gottfried August

Gottfried August Bürger

German poet

Freiligrath, Ferdinand

Ferdinand Freiligrath

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Tankred Dorst

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Johann Heinrich Voss

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Christian Morgenstern

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Christoph Martin Wieland.

Christoph Martin Wieland

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János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.

János, Count Mailáth

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Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky

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David Antin

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