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.

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A

B
  • Jens Bahre (1945–2007)
  • Helmut Baierl (1926–2005)
  • Kurt Barthel (1914–1967)
  • Rudolf Bartsch (1929–1981)
  • Kurt Bartsch (1937–2010)
  • Wilhelm Bartsch (born 1950)
  • Walter Basan (1920–1999)
  • Horst Bastian (1939–1986)
  • Kurt Batt (1931–1975)
  • Walter Baumert (born 1929)
  • Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958)
  • Lilly Becher (1901–1978)
  • Jurek Becker (1937–1997)
  • Dietmar Beetz (born 1939)
  • Gerhard Bengsch (1928–2004)
  • Hans Bentzien (born 1927)
  • Uwe Berger (1928–2014)
  • Friedemann Berger (1940–2009)
  • Ulrich Berkes (born 1936)
  • Reinhard Bernhof (born 1940)
  • Horst Beseler (born 1925)
  • Klaus Beuchler (1926–1992)
  • Manfred Bieler (1934–2002)
  • Gerd Bieker (born 1937)
  • Wolf Biermann (born 1936)
  • Kurt Biesalski (born 1935)
  • Brigitte Birnbaum (born 1938)
  • Matthias Biskupek (born 1950)
  • Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965)
  • Otto Bonhoff (1931–2001)
  • Jürgen Borchert (1941–2000)
  • Inge Borde-Klein (1917–2006)
  • Gerhard Branstner (1927–2008)
  • Thomas Brasch (1945–2001)
  • Günter Braun (1928–2008)
  • Johanna Braun (1929–2008)
  • Volker Braun (born 1939)
  • Werner Bräunig (1934–1976)
  • Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
  • Willi Bredel (1901–1964)
  • Wolf D. Brennecke (1922–2002)
  • Jurij Brêzan (1916–2006)
  • Jürgen Brinkmann (1934–1997)
  • Elfriede Brüning (1910–2014)
  • Günter de Bruyn (born 1926)

C

D
  • Gerhard Dahne (born 1934)
  • Gerhard Dallmann (born 1926)
  • Günther Deicke (1922–2006)
  • Gerhard Desczyk (1899–1983)
  • Kurt Drawert (born 1956)
  • Wolf Durian (1892–1969)
  • Benedikt Dyrlich (born 1950)

E
  • Volker Ebersbach (born 1942)
  • Gabriele Eckart (born 1954)
  • Wolfgang Eckert (born 1935)
  • Helmut Eikermann (born 1940)
  • Otto Emersleben (born 1940)
  • Adolf Endler (1930–2009)
  • Elke Erb (born 1938)
  • Roland Erb (1943)
  • Fritz Erpenbeck (1897–1975)

F

G
  • Gabriele Gabriel (born 1946)
  • Mario Göpfert (born 1957)
  • Günter Görlich (1928–2010)
  • Peter Gosse (born 1938)
  • Sigrid Grabner (born 1942)
  • Christa Grasmeyer (born 1935)
  • Uwe Greßmann (1933–1969)

H
  • Peter Hacks (1928–2003)
  • Irma Harder (1915–2008)
  • Helmut Hauptmann (born 1928)
  • Jochen Hauser (born 1941)
  • Otto Häuser (1924–2007)
  • Christian Heermann (born 1939)
  • Werner Heiduczek (born 1926)
  • Christoph Hein (born 1944)
  • Wolfgang Held (born 1930)
  • Gisela Heller (born 1929)
  • Johannes Helm (born 1927)
  • Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997)
  • Gabriele Herzog (born 1948)
  • Stefan Heym (1913–2001)
  • Helma Heymann (born 1937)
  • Walter Heynowski (born 1927)
  • Wolfgang Hilbig (1941–2007)
  • August Hild (1894–1982)
  • Günter Hofé (1914–1988)
  • Rainer Hohberg (born 1952)
  • Renate Holland-Moritz (born 1935)
  • Gerhard Holtz-Baumert (1927–1996)
  • Bodo Homberg (born 1926)
  • Barbara Honigmann (born 1949)
  • Peter Huchel (1903–1981)
  • Hannes Hüttner (born 1932)

I
  • Anneliese Ichenhäuser
  • Walter Illing (1908–?)
  • Dorothea Iser (born 1946)

J
  • Karl-Heinz Jakobs (born 1929)
  • Peter Jakubeit (born 1939)
  • Jürgen Jankofsky (born 1953)
  • Manfred Jendryschik (born 1943)
  • Bernd Jentzsch (born 1940)
  • Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
  • Wolfgang Joho (1908–1991)
  • Peter Jokostra (1912–2007)

K

L
  • Joochen Laabs (born 1937)
  • Hartmut Lange (born 1937)
  • Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951)
  • Maria Langner (1901–1967)
  • Jürgen Lehmann (born 1934)
  • Alfred Leman (born 1925)
  • Jürgen Leskien (born 1939)
  • Klaus Lettke (born 1938)
  • Waldtraut Lewin (born 1937)
  • Wolfgang Licht (born 1938)
  • Werner Liersch (born 1932)
  • Joachim Lindner (born 1924)
  • Eva Lippold-Brockdorff (1909–1994)
  • Erich Loest (1926–2013)
  • Kito Lorenc (born 1938)
  • Peter Löw (born 1941)
  • Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann (born 1943)
  • Thomas Luthardt (born 1950)

M
  • Siegfried Maaß (born 1936)
  • Hasso Mager (1920–1995)
  • Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965)
  • Brigitte Martin (born 1939)
  • Horst Matthies (born 1939)
  • Georg Maurer (1907–1971)
  • Gottfried Meinhold (born 1936)
  • Martin Meißner (born 1943)
  • Karl Mickel (1935–2000)
  • Regine Möbius (born 1943)
  • Klaus Möckel (born 1934)
  • Steffen Mohr (1942–2003)
  • Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990)
  • Armin Müller (1928–2005)
  • Heiner Müller (1929–1995)
  • Anna Müller-Tannewitz

N
  • Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980)
  • Elke Nagel (born 1938)
  • Hans Joachim Nauschütz (1940–2003)
  • Gert Neumann
  • Lonny Neumann (born 1934)
  • Erik Neutsch (born 1931)
  • Dieter Noll (1927–2008)
  • Joachim Nowotny (born 1933)

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

P

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

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

W

Z

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

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