Editing List of Germans (section)

===Major===
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* [[Yehuda Amichai]] (born Ludwig Pfeuffer; 1924–2000), German-born Israeli poet
* [[Ernst Moritz Arndt]], poet, songwriter and patriot
* [[Achim von Arnim]] (1781–1831), poet
* [[Bettina von Arnim]] (1785–1859), writer and novelist
* [[Ezriel Carlebach]] (1909–1956), Israeli journalist and editorial writer
* [[Matthias Claudius]] (1740–1815), poet and writer
* [[Michael Ende]] (1929–1995), author of fantasy novels and children's books
* [[Erik Erikson]] (1902–1994), [[German Americans|German-American]] writer, [[Developmental psychology|developmental psychologist]] and [[psychoanalyst]]
* [[Anne Frank]] (1929–1945), diarist and victim of [[the Holocaust]]
* [[Paul Gerhardt]] (c. 1606 – 1676), hymn writer
* [[Leah Goldberg]] (1911–1970), Israeli poet
* [[Joseph Görres]] (1776–1848), essayist
* [[Wilhelm Hauff]] (1802–1827), writer
* [[Paul Heyse]] (1830–1914), writer and translator
* [[Janosch]] (born 1931), author of artist and children's books
* [[Friedrich Kellner]] (1885–1970), diarist of ''[[My Opposition]]''
* [[Golo Mann]] (1909–1994), author and historian (second-oldest son of [[Thomas Mann]])
* [[Klaus Mann]] (1906–1949), author (oldest son of [[Thomas Mann]])
* [[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]] (1777–1843), writer
* [[Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau]] (1785–1871), writer and landscape gardener
* [[Otfried Preussler]] (1923–2013), author of children's books
* [[Wilhelm Raabe]] (1831–1910), novelist
* [[Peter Rühmkorf]] (1929–2008), poet
* [[Nelly Sachs]] (1891–1970), poet
* [[Leopold Schefer]] (1784–1861), writer, poet and composer
* [[August Wilhelm Schlegel]] (1767–1845), poet and translator
* [[Ludwig Tieck]] (1773–1853), poet, editor and novelist
* [[Ludwig Uhland]] (1787–1862), poet, writer and playwright
* [[Gero von Wilpert]] (1933–2009), essayist
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