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Isaak Babel
Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940)
translator journalist screenwriter playwright writer prose writer editing staffwar correspondent military personnel film director
1894-07-13
Odesa
1940-01-27
Butyrka prison
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Henri Barbusse
French author (1873-1935)
writer journalist screenwriter biographer novelist politician painter poet historian
1873-05-17
Asnières-sur-Seine
1935-08-30
Moscow
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
philosopher writer translator essayist literary criticsociologist art critic literary historian
1892-07-15
Berlin
1940-09-26
Portbou
National Library of Israel Museum of Modern Art
Ernst Bloch
German philosopher
philosopher university teachertheologian
1885-07-08
Ludwigshafen
1977-08-04
Tübingen
Leo Baeck Institute New York University of Pennsylvania Libraries Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
playwright lyricist screenwriter theatrical director poet librettist literary criticwriter film director director
1898-02-10
Augsburg
1956-08-14
East Berlin
Lilly Library Berliner Akademie der KünsteHoughton Library
Max Brod
Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist
linguist composer pianist novelist translator journalist lyricist poet lawyerbiographer opinion journalist playwright poet theatre criticofficial
1884-05-27
Prague
1968-12-20
Tel Aviv
Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
writer novelist essayist screenwriter science fiction writerautobiographer
1857-12-03
TerekhoveBerdychiv
1924-08-03
Bishopsbourne Kent
Leeds University LibraryBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Harry Ransom Center
Otto Dix
German painter and printmaker (1891–1969)
painter Esperantist university teacherdrawer sculptor printmaker graphic artistvisual artist
1891-12-02
Untermhaus
1969-07-25
Singen
Theodore Dreiser
American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)
writer journalist novelist essayist autobiographer screenwriter editor
1871-08-27
Terre Haute
1945-12-28
Hollywood
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Alfred Döblin
German expressionist novelist
writer playwright novelist essayist physician writer journalist neurologist science fiction writerpoet physician medical officerscreenwriter theatre critic
1878-08-10
Szczecin
1957-06-26 1957-06-24
Emmendingen
German Literature Archive Marbach
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967)
journalist writer poet novelist screenwriter translator politician children's writer prose writeropinion journalist
1891-01-14
Kyiv
1967-08-31
Moscow
Central State Archives of Bulgaria
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
economist social scientistpolitical theorist philosopher writer revolutionary sociologist women's rights activist journalist
1820-11-28
Barmen
1895-08-05
London
International Institute of Social History
Lion Feuchtwanger
German writer (1884-1958)
writer playwright translator journalist
1884-07-07
Munich
1958-12-21 1958-12-22
Los Angeles
Marieluise Fleißer
German author
writer screenwriter playwright
1901-11-23
Ingolstadt
1974-02-02
Ingolstadt
Leonhard Frank
German writer
screenwriter playwright writer
1882-09-04
Würzburg
1961-08-18
Munich
German Literature Archive Marbach
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
psychoanalyst neurologist essayist philosopher psychologist psychiatrist
1856-05-06
Příbor
1939-09-23
London
Albert Sloman LibraryLibrary of Congress ETH Zurich University Archives
André Gide
French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
journalist film producer essayist playwright novelist diarist travel writertranslator autobiographer writer prose writerscreenwriter
1869-11-22
Paris
1951-02-19 1951-12-19
Paris
Departmental archives of Yvelines
Yvan Goll
French-German poet, key figure in German Expressionism and French Surrealism
poet translator writer jurist librettist editor
1891-03-29
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
1950-02-27
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Maxim Gorky
Russian writer (1868–1936)
writer playwright novelist poet opinion journalist dramaturge autobiographer journalist diarist politician publisher
1868-03-16
Nizhny Novgorod
1936-06-18
Gorki-10
University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLibrary of Congress
George Grosz
German artist (1893–1959)
painter drawer photographer university teacherwriter illustrator lithographer graphic artistprintmaker architectural draftsperson
1893-07-26
Berlin
1959-07-06
West Berlin
Jaroslav Hašek
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
author satiristnovelist journalist writer opinion journalist humorist
1883-04-30
Prague
1923-01-03
Lipnice nad Sázavou
Werner Hegemann
urban planner and architectural critic (1881-1936)
urban planner writer architect journalist
1881-06-15
Mannheim
1936-04-12
New York City
Heinrich Heine
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
poet writer journalist literary critic poet lawyerpublicist essayist
1797-12-13
Düsseldorf
1856-02-17
Paris
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
war correspondent screenwriter novelist journalist playwright poet writer short story writer prose writer
1899-07-21
Oak Park
1961-07-02
Ketchum
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Maryland Libraries Princeton University Library Harry Ransom Center Eberly Family Special Collections Library
Ödön von Horváth
Austro-Hungarian writer (1901–1938)
playwright writer screenwriter
1901-12-09
Rijeka
1938-06-01
avenue des Champs-Élysées Paris
Austrian National Library
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
poet novelist philosopher screenwriter professor science fiction writer prose writer
1894-07-26
Godalming
1963-11-22
Los Angeles
Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives UCLA Library Special Collections
Heinrich Eduard Jacob
German writer (1889-1967)
journalist writer playwright biographer
1889-10-07
Berlin
1967-10-25
Salzburg
German Literature Archive Marbach
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
poet novelist teacher author writer journalist literary critic prose writer
1882-02-02
Rathgar
1941-01-13
Zürich
British Library Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library National Library of Ireland Zürich James Joyce Foundation University at Buffalo - North CampusHarry Ransom Center
Georg Kaiser
German dramatist (1878-1945)
playwright actor screenwriter writer librettist poet
1878-11-25
Magdeburg
1945-06-04
Ascona
Swiss Literary Archives
Helen Keller
American author and activist (1880–1968)
writer orator essayist political activist trade unionistpeace activist suffragette linguist autobiographer
1880-06-27
Tuscumbia
1968-06-01
Easton
Alfred Kerr
German writer
journalist writer literary criticlibrettist opinion journalist theatre criticpoet
1867-12-25
Wrocław
1948-10-12
Hamburg
British Library
Egon Erwin Kisch
Austrian/Czech publicist and writer (1885-1948)
writer journalist reporter feature writer
1885-04-29
Prague
1948-03-31
Prague
Siegfried Kracauer
German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist (1889-1966)
journalist architect film critic writer sociologist opinion journalist editing staff
1889-02-08
Frankfurt
1966-11-26
New York City
German Literature Archive Marbach
Erich Kästner
German children's writer
writer poet novelist children's writerscreenwriter journalist playwright cabaret performeropinion journalist musician
1899-02-23
Dresden
1974-07-29
Munich
German Literature Archive Marbach Erich Kästner Kinderdorf
D. H. Lawrence
English writer and poet (1885–1930)
playwright translator writer poet novelist painter screenwriter literary critic
1885-09-11
Eastwood
1930-03-02
Vence
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Harry Ransom Center
Vladimir Lenin
Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union, one of the initiators and organizers of the Red Terror
politician revolutionary
1870-04-10 1870-04-22
Ulyanovsk
1924-01-21
Bolshiye Gorki
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Austrian writer
writer playwright screenwriter poet
1897-10-21
Vienna
1976-07-03
Vienna
Austrian National Library
Theodor Lessing
German philosopher
writer philosopher university teacherjournalist opinion journalist politician
1872-02-08
Hanover
1933-08-31 1933-08-30
Mariánské Lázně
Karl Liebknecht
German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)
politician lawyer revolutionary editor
1871-08-13
Leipzig
1919-01-15 1929-01-15
Berlin
International Institute of Social History German Federal Archives
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
writer journalist novelist war correspondent essayist autobiographer screenwriter science fiction writer children's writer travel writer prose writerpoet diarist seaman
1876-01-12
San Francisco
1916-11-22
Glen Ellen
Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University ArchivesHarry Ransom Center The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Georg Lukács
marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)
philosopher politician writer university teachersociologist literary criticart historian philosopher of culture literary historian literary scholar
1885-04-13
Budapest
1971-06-04
Budapest
Rosa Luxemburg
German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919)
politician philosopher revolutionary economist journalist editor political theorist botanical collector economistopinion journalist editing staffdocent
1871-03-05
Zamość
1919-01-15
Berlin
Heinrich Mann
German writer (1871–1950)
writer poet novelist essayist screenwriter biographer autobiographer prose writerplaywright
1871-03-27
Lübeck
1950-03-11
Santa Monica
Klaus Mann
German writer
writer translator screenwriter literary criticjournalist novelist poet autobiographer
1906-11-18
Munich
1949-05-21
Cannes
Municipal Library Munich
Ludwig Marcuse
German philosopher and writer
writer philosopher autobiographer university teacher
1894-02-08
Berlin
1971-08-02
Bad Wiessee
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
economist journalist historian philosopher sociologist revolutionary poet politician writer
1818-05-05
Trier
1883-03-14
London
International Institute of Social History Marx Memorial Library Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)
poster artist poet actor playwright writer painter journalist stage actor film actor director theatrical director printmaker film director visual artist screenwriter
1893-07-19
Baghdati
1930-04-14
Moscow
Robert Musil
Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)
writer librarian novelist playwright screenwriter essayist engineer
1880-11-06
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
1942-04-15
Geneva
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
novelist poet writer zoologist translator playwright autobiographer screenwriter lepidopterist university teacher literary criticjournalist science fiction writerchess composer chess player literary scholarentomologist man of letters
1899-04-10
Saint Petersburg
1977-07-02
Montreux
Carl von Ossietzky
German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
journalist
1889-10-03
Hamburg
1938-05-04
Berlin
John Dos Passos
American novelist (1896–1970)
war correspondent screenwriter novelist journalist writer painter poet translator playwright
1896-01-14
Chicago
1970-09-28
Baltimore
Louis Round Wilson Library University of Maryland Libraries
Erwin Piscator
German theatre director
theatrical director film director director theatrologistwriter theater directorscreenwriter film editor film producer
1893-12-17
Greifenstein Ulm
1966-03-30
Starnberg
Alfred Polgar
Austrian writer
writer linguist journalist translator playwright
1873-10-17
Vienna
1955-04-24
Zürich
Erich Maria Remarque
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
writer novelist playwright screenwriter
1898-06-22
Osnabrück
1970-09-25
Locarno
New York University Libraries
Ludwig Renn
German writer (1889-1979)
politician writer Esperantist historian
1889-04-22
Dresden
1979-07-21
Berlin
Joachim Ringelnatz
German poet and artist
poet painter writer actor
1883-08-07
Wurzen
1934-11-17
Berlin
Romain Rolland
French author (1866-1944)
writer playwright essayist historian novelist musicologist prose writerbiographer musician teacher
1866-01-29
Clamecy
1944-12-30
Vézelay
Joseph Roth
Austrian novelist and journalist
writer journalist playwright
1894-09-02
Brody
1939-05-27
Paris
Nelly Sachs
Jewish German poet and playwright
poet playwright translator writer
1891-12-10
Schöneberg
1970-05-12
Högalid Parish
Felix Salten
Austro-Hungarian author and critic in Vienna
screenwriter writer journalist novelist playwright theatre critic literary critic children's writerfilm director essayist
1869-09-06 1867-09-06
Pest Budapest
1945-10-08
Zürich
Arthur Schnitzler
Austrian writer (1862–1931)
writer playwright physician writer screenwriter psychiatrist novelist
1862-05-15
Vienna
1931-10-21
Vienna
Austrian National Library
Anna Seghers
German writer
novelist resistance fighter
1900-11-19
Mainz
1983-06-01
East Berlin
Upton Sinclair
American writer (1878–1968)
journalist novelist film producer writer opinion journalist dietitian politician poet playwright
1878-09-20
Baltimore
1968-11-25
Bound Brook
Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books & Special Collections
Carl Sternheim
German writer and art collector (1878-1942)
playwright dramaturge poet writer art critic art collector
1878-04-01
Leipzig
1942-11-03
Ixelles - Elsene
German Literature Archive Marbach
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
writer novelist translator journalist pacifist science fiction writereditor
1843-06-09
Prague
1914-06-21
Vienna
Ernst Toller
German writer, politician and leader of the Munich Soviet Republic (1893-1939)
playwright politician writer screenwriter poet lawyerpoet
1893-12-01
Szamocin
1939-05-22
New York City
Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
writer playwright philosopher novelist pedagogue essayist children's writerdiarist prose writeropinion journalist Esperantist
1828-08-28
Yasnaya Polyana
1910-11-07
Astapovo
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
politician diplomat autobiographer philosopher revolutionary military personnel historian journalist writer
1879-10-26
Bereslavka
1940-08-21
Coyoacán
International Institute of Social History
Kurt Tucholsky
Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer
journalist poet lawyer satiristpoet writer jurist playwright prose writerprose
1890-01-09
Berlin
1935-12-21
Gothenburg
Jakob Wassermann
German writer (1873-1934)
writer novelist screenwriter critic
1873-03-10
Fürth
1934-01-01
Altaussee
Austrian National Library
Alex Wedding
children's writer, writer and screenwriter (1905-1966)
children's writerwriter screenwriter
1905-05-11
Salzburg
1966-03-15 1966-10-15
Saalfeld Berlin
Frank Wedekind
German playwright (1864-1918)
playwright writer journalist screenwriter actor stage actor poet
1864-07-24
Hanover
1918-03-09
Munich
Bibliothek und Archiv Aargau
H. G. Wells
English writer (1866–1946)
writer historian journalist Idist science fiction writernovelist sociologist screenwriter
1866-09-21
Bromley
1946-08-13
London
Harry Ransom Center
Franz Werfel
Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)
writer poet playwright screenwriter science fiction writer
1890-09-10
Prague
1945-08-26
Beverly Hills Los Angeles
Austrian National Library
Arnold Zweig
German writer (1887-1968)
politician writer novelist playwright peace activist
1887-11-10
Głogów
1968-11-26
East Berlin
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881-1942)
writer translator journalist playwright poet literary critichistorian biographer novelist prose writeressayist
1881-11-28
Vienna
1942-02-22
Petrópolis
Houghton Library