List of East German authors

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)

F

• Ingeborg Feustel (1926–1998)
• Fritz Rudolf Fries (born 1935)
• 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 (born 1926)
• Adel Karasholi (born 1936)
• Gisela Karau (1932–2010)
• Walter Kaufmann (born 1924)
• Bernhard Kellermann (1879–1951)
• Heinar Kipphardt (1922–1982)
• Rainer Kirsch (born 1934)
• 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 (born 1929)
• 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)

O

• Detlef Opitz (born 1956)
• Herbert Otto (1925–2003)

P

• Eberhard Panitz (born 1932)
• Bert Papenfuß (born 1956)
• Kristian Pech (born 1946)
• Jochen Petersdorf (1934–2008)
• Hans Pfeiffer (1925–1998)
• Siegfried Pitschmann (1930–2002)
• Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007)
• Benno Pludra (1925–2014)
• Helmut Preißler (1925–2010)
• Gunter Preuß (born 1940)
• Gert Prokop (1934–1994)

R

• Heiner Rank (born 1931)
• Carlos Rasch (born 1932)
• Lutz Rathenow (born 1952)
• Brigitte Reimann (1933–1973)
• Werner Reinowski (1908–1987)
• Ludwig Renn (1889–1979)
• Manfred Richter (born 1929)
• Egon Richter (born 1932)
• Jürgen Ritschel (born 1943)
• Karl Heinz Robrahn (1913–1987)
• Thomas Rosenlöcher (born 1947)
• Helmut Routschek (born 1934)
• Günther Rücker (1924–2008)

S

• Günter Saalmann (born 1936)
• Helmut Sakowski (1924–2005)
• Wolfgang Sämann (born 1940)
• Erich-Günther Sasse (born 1944)
• Hans Joachim Schädlich (born 1935)
• Herbert Schauer (1924–1988)
• Landolf Scherzer (born 1941)
• Holda Schiller (born 1923)
• Bernd Schirmer (born 1940)
• Karl-Heinz Schleinitz (born 1921)
• Klaus Schlesinger (1937–2001)
• Jutta Schlott (born 1944)
• Werner Schmoll (born 1926)
• Rolf Schneider (born 1932)
• Sigmar Schollak (1930–2012)
• Wolfgang Schreyer (born 1927)
• Helga Schubert (born 1940)
• Max Walter Schulz (1921–1991)
• Elisabeth Schulz-Semrau (born 1931)
• Tine Schulze-Gerlach (1920–2011)
• Hildegard Schumacher (1925–2003)
• Siegfried Schumacher (born 1926)
• Helga Schütz (born 1937)
• Stefan Schütz (born 1944)
• Herbert Scurla (1905–1981)
• Bernhard Seeger (1927–1999)
• Anna Seghers (1900–1983)
• Maria Seidemann (1944–2010)
• Martin Selber (1924–2006)
• Fritz Selbmann (1899–1975)
• Karl Sewart (born 1933)
• Joachim Seyppel (1919–2012)
• Erik Simon (born 1950)
• Wolf Spillner (born 1936)
• Günter Spranger (1921–1992)
• Angela Stachowa (born 1948)
• John Stave (1929–1993)
• Werner Steinberg (1913–1992)
• Gisela Steineckert (born 1931)
• Hans-Jürgen Steinmann (1929–2008)
• Angela Steinmüller (born 1941)
• Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950)
• Renate Stoever (born 1936)
• Manfred Streubel (1932–1992)
• Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994)
• Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011)
• Michael Szameit (born 1950)

T

• Günter Teske (born 1933)
• Harry Thürk (1927–2005)
• Frank Töppe (1947–1997)
• B. K. Tragelehn (born 1936)
• Ludwig Turek (1898–1975)
• Karl-Heinz Tuschel (1928–2005)

U

• Bodo Uhse (1904–1963)

V

• Karl Veken (1904–1971)
• Benno Voelkner (1900–1974)
• Ulrich Völkel (born 1940)
• Winfried Völlger (born 1947)

W

• Maxie Wander (1933–1977)
• Inge von Wangenheim (1912–1993)
• Alex Wedding (1905–1966)
• Erich Weinert (1890–1953)
• Günther Weisenborn (1902–1969)
• Grete Weiskopf
• Wolf Weitbrecht (1920–1987)
• Ehm Welk (1884–1966)
• Alfred Wellm (1927–2001)
• Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich (1901–1979)
• Otto Bernhard Wendler (1895–1958)
• Walter Werner (1922–1995)
• Paul Wiens (1922–1982)
• C. U. Wiesner (born 1933)
• Benito Wogatzki (born 1932)
• Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953)
• Gerhard Wolf (born 1928)
• Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
• Bernd Wolff (born 1939)
• Bernd Wolff (born 1939)
• Christine Wolter (born 1939)
• Michael Wüstefeld (born 1951)
• Erich Wustmann (1907–1994)

Z

• Eduard Zak (1906–1979)
• Herbert Ziergiebel (1922–1988)
• Heinz-Jürgen Zierke (born 1926)
• Max Zimmering (1919–1973)
• Ingo Zimmermann (born 1940)
• 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

See also

• Literature of East Germany