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Born October 6, 1866 or October 7, 1866 • Switzerland
Died April 29, 1928 • Zürich • Switzerland
Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Swiss author
Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
Gottfried Keller, drawing by R. Leemann, 1842; in the Zentralbibliothek, Zürich
Gottfried Keller
Swiss author
Jakob Schaffner
Swiss writer
Albert Steffen
Swiss writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
German writer
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
Wolf, Christa
Christa Wolf
German author
Canetti
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born writer
Carl Zuckmayer.
Carl Zuckmayer
German playwright
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann
German author
Sudermann, detail of an oil painting by Max Slevogt, 1927; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Hermann Sudermann
German writer
Leonhard Frank
German writer
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