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This is a list of notable East German authors. They spent at least part of their lives in the Soviet occupation zone (1945 to 1949) of post-war Germany or in the German Democratic Republic (1949 to 1990). At least part of their notable work was on East German topics, irrespective of where and when it was published.
A
- Alexander Abusch (1902–1982)
- Bruno Apitz (1900–1979)
- Annemarie Auer (1913–2002)
B
- Helmut Baierl (1926–2005)
- Kurt Barthel (1914–1967)
- Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958)
- Lilly Becher (1901–1978)
- Jurek Becker (1937–1997)
- Wolf Biermann (born 1936)
- Brigitte Birnbaum (born 1938)
- Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965)
- Inge Borde-Klein (1917–2006)
- Thomas Brasch (1945–2001)
- Volker Braun (born 1939)
- Werner Bräunig (1934–1976)
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
- Willi Bredel (1901–1964)
- Elfriede Brüning (1910–2014)
- Günter de Bruyn (born 1926)
C
- Hanns Cibulka (1920–2004)
- Walter Czollek (1907–1972)
E
- Gabriele Eckart (born 1954)
- Adolf Endler (1930–2009)
- Elke Erb (born 1938)
- Fritz Erpenbeck (1897–1975)
F
- Ingeborg Feustel (1926–1998)
- Fritz Rudolf Fries (1935–2014)
- Jürgen Fuchs (1950–1999)
- Franz Fühmann (1922–1984)
- Louis Fürnberg (1909–1957)
G
- Peter Gosse (born 1938)
- Sigrid Grabner (born 1942)
H
- Peter Hacks (1928–2003)
- Helmut Hauptmann (born 1928)
- Otto Häuser (1924–2007)
- Christoph Hein (born 1944)
- Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997)
- Stefan Heym (1913–2001)
- Wolfgang Hilbig (1941–2007)
- Barbara Honigmann (born 1949)
- Peter Huchel (1903–1981)
J
- Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
K
- Heinz Kahlau (1931–2012)
- Heinz Kamnitzer (1917–2001)
- Hermann Kant (1926–2016)
- Adel Karasholi (born 1936)
- Gisela Karau (1932–2010)
- Walter Kaufmann (1924–2021)
- Bernhard Kellermann (1879–1951)
- Heinar Kipphardt (1922–1982)
- Rainer Kirsch (1934–2016)
- Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013)
- Jurij Koch (born 1936)
- Erich Köhler (1928–2003)
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase (born 1931)
- Helga Königsdorf (born 1938)
- Günther Krupkat (1905–1990)
- Karsten Kruschel (born 1959)
- Günter Kunert (1929–2019)
- Reiner Kunze (born 1933)
- Alfred Kurella (1895–1975)
L
- Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951)
- Waldtraut Lewin (born 1937)
- Erich Loest (1926–2013)
- Kito Lorenc (1938–2017)
- Peter Löw (born 1941)
M
- Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965)
- Brigitte Martin (born 1939)
- Georg Maurer (1907–1971)
- Karl Mickel (1935–2000)
- Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990)
- Heiner Müller (1929–1995)
N
- Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980)
- Erik Neutsch (born 1931)
- Dieter Noll (1927–2008)
P
- Bert Papenfuß (born 1956)
- Hans Pfeiffer (1925–1998)
- Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007)
- Benno Pludra (1925–2014)
- Helmut Preißler (1925–2010)
- Gert Prokop (1934–1994)
R
- Carlos Rasch (born 1932)
- Lutz Rathenow (born 1952)
- Brigitte Reimann (1933–1973)
- Ludwig Renn (1889–1979)
- Günther Rücker (1924–2008)
S
- Wolfgang Schreyer (born 1927)
- Helga Schubert (born 1940)
- Herbert Scurla (1905–1981)
- Bernhard Seeger (1927–1999)
- Anna Seghers (1900–1983)
- Fritz Selbmann (1899–1975)
- Karl Sewart (born 1933)
- Erik Simon (born 1950)
- Gisela Steineckert (born 1931)
- Hans-Jürgen Steinmann (1929–2008)
- Angela Steinmüller (born 1941)
- Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950)
- Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994)
- Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011)
- Michael Szameit (born 1950)
T
- Harry Thürk (1927–2005)
U
- Bodo Uhse (1904–1963)
W
- Maxie Wander (1933–1977)
- Inge von Wangenheim (1912–1993)
- Erich Weinert (1890–1953)
- Günther Weisenborn (1902–1969)
- Grete Weiskopf
- Ehm Welk (1884–1966)
- Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich (1901–1979)
- Walter Werner (1922–1995)
- Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953)
- Gerhard Wolf (born 1928)
- Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
- Michael Wüstefeld (born 1951)
Z
- Max Zimmering (1919–1973)
- Hedda Zinner (1905–1994)
- Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)
- Gerhard Zwerenz (born 1925)
References
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs, Jan Wielgohs, Dieter Hoffmann (Editors): Wer war wer in der DDR? Ein biographisches Lexikon. Sonderausgabe. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-89331-397-4
- Michael Opitz, Michael Hofmann (Editors): Metzler Lexikon DDR-Literatur, J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-476-02238-7