| A |
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| Bertus Aafjes |
1914–1993 |
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| Jeppe Aakjær |
1866–1930 |
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| Johannes Aal |
um 1500–1551 |
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| Hans Aanrud |
1863–1953 |
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| Emil Aarestrup |
1800–1856 |
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| Soazig Aaron |
* 1949 |
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| Ivar Aasen |
1813–1896 |
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| Petrus Abaelardus |
1079–1142 |
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| Sait Faik Abasiyanik |
1906–1954 |
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| Lynn Abbey |
* 1948 |
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| Jacob Abbott |
1803–1879 |
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| John Stevens Cabot Abbott |
1805–1877 |
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| Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir |
1795–1852 |
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| 安部 公房 (dt. Abe Kobo) |
1924–1993 |
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| Rebecca Abe |
*1967 |
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| Hans Karl Abel |
1876–1951 |
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| Matthias Abele von und zu Lilienberg |
1616/1618–1677 |
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| Dan Abnett |
* 1965 |
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| Abraham a Sancta Clara |
1644–1709 |
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| Peter Abrahams |
* 1919 |
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| Hans Aßmann Freiherr von Abschatz |
1646–1699 |
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| Dannie Abse |
* 1923 |
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| Leo Abse |
1917–2008 |
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| Alexander Abusch |
1902–1982 |
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| Chinua Achebe |
* 1930 |
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| Anna Maria Achenrainer |
1909–1972 |
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| Franz Heinrich Achermann |
1881–1946 |
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| Arthur Achleitner |
1858–1927 |
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| Friedrich Achleitner |
* 1930 |
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| Bella Achmadulina |
* 1937 |
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| Anna Achmatowa |
1889–1961 |
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| Willi Achten |
* 1958 |
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| Herbert Achternbusch |
* 1938 |
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| Thomas Achtzehner |
* 1964 |
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| Kathy Acker |
1947–1997 |
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| Forrest J Ackerman |
1916–2008 |
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| Isabell Ackermann |
* 1979 |
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| Walter Ackermann |
1903–1939 |
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| Jürg Acklin |
* 1945 |
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| Mercedes de Acosta |
1893–1968 |
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| Gilbert Adair |
* 1944 |
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| Engelbert Adam |
1850–1919 |
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| Max Adam |
* 1952 |
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| Friedrich Wilhelm Adami |
1816–1893 |
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| Louis Adamic |
1899–1951 |
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| Arthur Adamov |
1908–1970 |
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| Don Adams |
* 1926 |
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| Douglas Adams |
1952–2001 |
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| Henry Adams |
1838–1918 |
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| Leonie Adams |
1899–1988 |
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| Richard Adams |
* 1920 |
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| Fleur Adcock |
* 1934 |
/  |
| Joseph Addison |
1672–1719 |
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| Leonhard Adelt |
1881–1945 |
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| Aravind Adiga |
* 1974 |
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| Halide Edip Adivar |
1884–1964 |
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| Alfred Adler |
1870–1937 |
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| Detlev P. Adler |
* 1956 |
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| Hans Adler |
1880–1957 |
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| Hans Günther Adler |
1910–1988 |
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| Katharina Adler |
* 1980 |
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| Paul Adler |
1878–1946 |
/  |
| Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem |
1854–1941 |
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| Roland Adloff |
* 1956 |
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| Karl Adolph |
1869–1931 |
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| Rudolf Adolph |
1900–1984 |
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| Jorge Enrique Adoum |
1926–2009 |
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| Endre Ady |
1877–1919 |
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| Alphons Aeby |
1885–1941 |
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| Uli Aechtner |
* 1952 |
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| Hermann Aellen |
1887–1939 |
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| Æmilie Juliane von Barby-Mühlingen |
1637–1706 |
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| Tatamkhulu Afrika |
1920–2002 |
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| Giorgio Agamben |
* 1942 |
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| James Agee |
1909–1955 |
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| Joel Agee |
* 1940 |
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| Samuel Agnon |
1888–1970 |
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| Dritëro Agolli |
* 1931 |
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| Alfhild Agrell |
1849–1923 |
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| Rudolf Agricola |
~1444–1485 |
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| Jerry Ahern |
* 1946 |
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| Luise Ahlborn |
1834–1911 |
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| Charlotte von Ahlefeld |
1781–1849 |
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| Lars Ahlin |
1915–1997 |
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| Leopold Ahlsen |
* 1927 |
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| Muniruddin Ahmed |
* 1934 |
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| Juhani Aho |
1861–1921 |
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| Martin Ahrends |
* 1951 |
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| Barbara Ahrens |
* 1945 |
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| Henning Ahrens |
* 1964 |
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| Wilhelmine Maria Aichbichler |
1904–2002 |
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| Wolf von Aichelburg |
1912–1994 |
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| Inge Aicher-Scholl |
1917–1998 |
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| Ilse Aichinger |
* 1921 |
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| Christoph Wilhelm Aigner |
* 1954 |
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| Conrad Aiken |
1889–1973 |
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| Joan Aiken |
1924–2004 |
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| Matti Aikio |
1872–1929 |
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| Zhang Ailing |
1920–1995 |
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| Pierre d’Ailly |
1351–1420 |
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| Aischylos |
525 v.C.–455 v.C. |
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| Dietmar von Aist |
1140–1171 |
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| Tschynggys Aitmatow |
1928–2008 |
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| Émile Ajar |
1914–1980 |
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| Gennadi Ajgi |
1934–2006 |
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| Alan Burt Akers |
1921–2005 |
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| Wassili Aksjonow |
1932–2009 |
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| Boris Akunin |
* 1956 |
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| 芥川龍之介 (dt. Akutagawa Ryunosuke) |
1892–1927 |
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| محمد الحسن الهمداني (dt. Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani) |
900–945 |
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| عبد الله الهرري (dt. Abdullah al-Harari) |
1910–2008 |
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| أبو العلاء المعريAbu l-'Ala al-Ma'arri |
973–1057 |
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| أبو بكر محمد زكريا الرازي (dt. Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi) |
864–930 |
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| Henri Alain-Fournier |
1886–1914 |
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| Jessica Marie Alba |
* 1981 |
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| David Albahari |
* 1948 |
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| Edward Albee |
* 1928 |
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| Paul Albers |
1852–1929 |
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| Heinrich Albert |
1604–1641 |
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| Michael Albert |
1836–1893 |
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| Konrad Alberti |
1862–1918 |
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| Rafael Alberti |
1903–1999 |
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| Aegidius Albertinus |
1560–1620 |
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| Jürgen Alberts |
* 1946 |
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| Elisabeth Albertsen |
* 1942 |
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| Johann Georg Albini |
1624–1679 |
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| Johann Georg Albini der Jüngere |
1659–1714 |
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| Hermann Anton Albrecht |
1835–1906 |
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| Johann Friedrich Ernst Albrecht |
1752–1814 |
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| Paul Albrecht |
1863–?) |
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| Sophie Albrecht |
1757–1840 |
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| Louisa May Alcott |
1832–1888 |
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| Alan Alda |
* 1936 |
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| Hanny Alders |
* 1946 |
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| Richard Aldington |
1892–1962 |
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| Brian W. Aldiss |
* 1925 |
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| Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
1836–1907 |
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| Vicente Aleixandre |
1898–1984 |
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| Scholem Alejchem |
1859–1916 |
??? |
| Mateo Alemán |
1547–1609? |
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| José de Alencar |
1829–1877 |
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| Elisabeth Alexander |
1922–2009 |
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| Lloyd Alexander |
* 1924 |
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| Willibald Alexis |
1798–1871 |
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| Stephan Alfare |
* 1966 |
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| Isaak Alfasi |
1013–1103 |
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| Vittorio Alfieri |
1749–1803 |
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| Susanne Alge |
* 1958 |
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| Luise Algenstädt |
* 1861 |
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| Nelson Algren |
1909–1981 |
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| Sabahattin Ali |
1906–1948 |
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| Tariq Ali |
* 1943 |
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| Dante Alighieri |
1265–1321 |
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| Gabrielle Alioth |
* 1955 |
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| Archibald Alison |
1757–1839 |
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| Marcel Allain |
1885–1969 |
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| Alphonse Allais |
1854–1905 |
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| Ove Allansson |
* 1932 |
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| Urs Allemann |
* 1948 |
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| Richard Allen |
1922–1993 |
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| Roger MacBride Allen |
* 1957 |
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| Steve Allen |
1921–2000 |
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| Isabel Allende |
* 1942 |
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| Kristiane Allert-Wybranietz |
* 1955 |
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| Margery Allingham |
1904–1966 |
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| William Allingham |
1828?–1889 |
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| Pierre Allix |
1641–1717 |
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| Karl Allmendinger |
1863–1946 |
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| Hermann Allmers |
1821–1902 |
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| Washington Allston |
1779–1843 |
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| David Almond |
* 1951 |
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| Carl Jonas Love Almqvist |
1793–1866 |
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| Hans Joachim Alpers |
* 1943 |
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| Ellen Alpsten |
* 1971 |
/  |
| Otto Alscher |
1880–1944 |
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| Franz Alt |
* 1938 |
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| Peter Altenberg |
1859–1919 |
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| Matthias Altenburg |
* 1958 |
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| Ludwig Altenhöfer |
1921–1974 |
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| Peter Paul Althaus |
1892–1965 |
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| Lisa Alther |
* 1944 |
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| René Altmann |
1929–1978 |
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| Anna Altschuk |
1955–2008 |
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| Fernão Álvares do Oriente |
??? |
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| Julia Alvarez |
* 1950 |
/  |
| Ludwig von Alvensleben |
1800–1868 |
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| Betti Alver |
1906–1989 |
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| Paul Alverdes |
1897–1979 |
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| George Amabile |
* 1936 |
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| Jorge Amado |
1912–2001 |
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| Andrej Amalrik |
1938–1980 |
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| Jürg Amann |
* 1947 |
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| Gerhard Amanshauser |
* 1928 |
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| Martin Amanshauser |
* 1968 |
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| Amaru |
6.–8.Jh. |
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| Axel von Ambesser |
1910–1988 |
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| Ingvar Ambjørnsen |
* 1956 |
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| Eric Ambler |
1909–1998 |
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| Gustinus Ambrosi |
1893–1975 |
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| Gerhard Amendt |
* 1939 |
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| Günter Amendt |
* 1939 |
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| Carl Amery |
* 1922 |
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| Jean Améry |
1912–1978 |
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| Jehuda Amichai |
1924–2000 |
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| Aharon Amir |
1923–2008 |
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| Kingsley Amis |
1922–1995 |
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| Martin Amis |
* 1949 |
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| Daniel Amor |
* 1973 |
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| Djamel Amrani |
1935–2005 |
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| Nicole Amrein |
* 1970 |
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| Gerhard von Amyntor |
1831–1910 |
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| Heinrich Anacker |
1901–1971 |
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| Manolis Anagnostakis |
1925–2005 |
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| Eugen Andergassen |
1907–1987 |
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| Günther Anders |
1902–1992 |
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| Richard Anders |
* 1928 |
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| Alfred Andersch |
1914–1980 |
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| Hans Christian Andersen |
1805–1875 |
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| Lale Andersen |
1905–1972 |
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| Martin Andersen Nexø |
1869–1954 |
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| Kevin J. Anderson |
* 1962 |
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| Poul Anderson |
1926–2001 |
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| Sascha Anderson |
* 1953 |
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| Sherwood Anderson |
1876–1941 |
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| Gail Anderson-Dargatz |
* 1963 |
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| Dan Andersson |
1888–1920 |
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| Reinhold Andert |
* 1944 |
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| Emma Andijewska |
* 1931 |
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| Carlos Drummond de Andrade |
1902–1987 |
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| Mário de Andrade |
1893–1945 |
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| Oswald de Andrade |
1890–1954 |
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| Oswald Andrae |
1926–1997 |
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| Marie Andrae-Romanek |
1854–?) |
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| Johann Valentin Andreae |
1586–1654 |
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| Wilhelm Andreae |
1822–1872 |
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| Fred Andreas |
1898–?) |
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| Lou Andreas-Salomé |
1861–1937 |
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| Stefan Andres |
1906–1970 |
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| Andreas Andresen |
1828–1871 |
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| Leopold Andrian |
1875–1951 |
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| Ivo Andric |
1892–1975 |
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| Hartmut Andryczuk |
* 1957 |
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| Jerzy Andrzejewski |
1909–1983 |
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| Aneirin |
~525–600 |
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| Angelo Anelli |
1761–1820 |
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| Maya Angelou |
* 1928 |
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| August Angenetter |
1876–1944 |
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| Fred Antoine Angermayer |
1889–1951 |
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| Friedrich Ani |
* 1959 |
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| Mathilde Franziska Anneke |
1817–1884 |
/  |
| Hedwig Anneler |
1888–1969 |
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| Gabriele d'Annunzio |
1863–1938 |
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| Jean Anouilh |
1910–1987 |
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| Albert Otto Anschütz |
1890–1945 |
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| Elizabeth Anscombe |
1919–2001 |
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| Salomon Anski |
1863–1920 |
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| Otto Anthes |
1754–~1806 |
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| Piers Anthony |
* 1934 |
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| Antiphanes |
408v.C.–? |
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| Alfred Antkowiak |
1925–1976 |
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| Helga Anton |
1923-2007 |
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| Michelangelo Antonioni |
1912–2007 |
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| Anto Ulrich |
1633–1714 |
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| Donald Antrim |
* 1958 |
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| António Lobo Antunes |
* 1942 |
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| Christopher Anvil |
1925–2009 |
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| Oskar Anwand |
1872–1946 |
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| Chairil Anwar |
1922–1949 |
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| Johann Anzengruber |
1810–1844 |
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| Ludwig Anzengruber |
1839–1889 |
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| August Apel |
1771–1816 |
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| Bruno Apitz |
1900–1979 |
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| Guillaume Apollinaire |
1880–1918 |
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| Apollodor von Athen |
175v.C. |
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| Apollonios von Rhodos |
295v.C.–215v.C. |
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| Aharon Appelfeld |
* 1932 |
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| Johann Conrad Appenzeller |
1775–1850 |
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| Louis Aragon |
1897–1982 |
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| Kurt Aram |
1869–1934 |
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| John Arbuthnot |
1667–1735 |
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| Archilochos |
~650v.C.–? |
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| John Arden |
* 1930 |
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| Reinaldo Arenas |
1943–1990 |
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| Erich Arendt |
1903–1984 |
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| Hannah Arendt |
1906–1975 |
/  |
| Birgitta Arens |
* 1948 |
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| Walter Conrad Arensberg |
1878–1954 |
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| Wilhelm Arent |
1864–?) |
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| Ewald Arenz |
* 1965 |
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| Pietro Aretino |
1492–1556 |
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| Tudor Arghezi |
1880–1967 |
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| Ludovico Ariosto |
1474–1533 |
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| Aristainetos |
5. Jh. |
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| Aristophanes |
444-380 |
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| Aristoteles |
384–322 |
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| Jakob Arjouni |
* 1964 |
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| Marcel Arland |
1899–1986 |
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| Renato Arlati |
* 1936 |
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| Roberto Arlt |
1900–1942 |
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| Friedrich Wilhelm Arming |
1805–1864 |
/  |
| Wilhelm Arminius |
1861–1917 |
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| Frank Arnau |
1894–1976 |
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| Ernst Moritz Arndt |
1769–1860 |
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| Johann Arndt |
1555–1621 |
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| Martin von Arndt |
* 1968 |
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| Edwin Arnet |
1901–1962 |
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| Hermann Arnhold |
1921–1991 |
/  |
| Achim von Arnim |
1781–1831 |
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| Bettina von Arnim |
1785–1859 |
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| Gisela von Arnim |
1827–1889 |
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| Gottfried Arnold |
1666–1714 |
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| Hans Arnold |
1886–1961 |
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| Johann Georg Daniel Arnold |
1780–1829 |
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| Johannes Arnold |
1928–1987 |
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| Matthew Arnold |
1822–1888 |
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| Paul Johannes Arnold |
1884–? |
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| Paul Alexandre Arnoux |
1884–1973 |
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| Benedikt Arnstein |
1761–1841 |
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| Jean-Paul Aron |
1925–1989 |
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| Raymond Aron |
1905–1983 |
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| Hans Arp |
1887–1966 |
/  |
| Fernando Arrabal |
* 1932 |
/  |
| جلال الدین محمد رومی Dschalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi |
1207–1273 |
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| Kaan Arslanoglu |
* 1959 |
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| Antonin Artaud |
1896–1948 |
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| Elizabeth Arthur |
* 1953 |
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| H. C. Artmann |
1921–2000 |
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| Dan Ar Wern |
* 1952 |
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| Cäsar von Arx |
1895–1949 |
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| Catherine Asaro |
* 1955 |
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| Wilhelm Ernst Asbeck |
1881–1947 |
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| Schalom Asch |
1880–1957 |
/  |
| Hans Aschenborn |
1888–1931 |
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| Eva Aschenbrenner |
* 1924 |
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| Robert Ascher |
1883–? |
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| Saul Ascher |
1767–1822 |
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| Charles Robert Ashbee |
1863–1942 |
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| John Ashbery |
* 1927 |
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| Isaac Asimov |
1920–1992 |
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| Janet Asimov |
* 1926 |
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| Katrin Askan |
* 1966 |
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| Herbert Asmodi |
* 1923 |
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| Georg Asmussen |
1856–1933 |
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| Ruth Aspöck |
* 1947 |
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| Robert Lynn Asprin |
* 1946 |
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| Nikolaj Assejew |
1889–1963 |
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| David Assing |
1787-1842 |
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| Ludmilla Assing |
1821–1880 |
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| Rosa Maria Assing |
1782-1840 |
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| Ottilie Assing |
1821-1884 |
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| Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis |
1839–1908 |
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| Hans Assmann Freiherr von Abschatz |
1645–1699 |
 |
| David Jakob Assur |
1810–1869 |
 |
| Wiktor Petrowitsch Astafjew |
1924–2001 |
 |
| Arnfrid Astel |
* 1933 |
 |
| Sean Astin |
* 1971 |
 |
| Thea Astley |
1925–2004 |
 |
| Louise Aston |
1814–1871 |
 |
| John Jacob Astor IV |
1864–1912 |
 |
| Miguel Ángel Asturias |
1899–1974 |
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| علاء الأسواني (dt. Ala al-Aswani) |
* 1957 |
 |
| Gertrude Atherton |
1857–1948 |
 |
| Kate Atkinson |
* 1951 |
 |
| Fariduddin Attar |
1136–1221 |
 |
| Per Atterbom |
1790–1855 |
 |
| Margaret Atwood |
* 1939 |
 |
| Annemarie in der Au |
1924–1998 |
 |
| Max Aub |
1903–1972 |
 |
| Brigitte Aubert |
* 1956 |
 |
| Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné |
1552–1630 |
 |
| Victor Auburtin |
1870–1928 |
 |
| Wystan Hugh Auden |
1907–1973 |
 |
| Jacques Audiberti |
18991965 |
 |
| Jakob Audorf |
1834–1898 |
 |
| Hartmann von Aue |
1170–1220 |
 |
| Jean M. Auel |
* 1936 |
 |
| Ludwig Auer |
1839–1914 |
 |
| Martin Auer |
* 1951 |
 |
| Alfred Auerbach |
1873–1954 |
 |
| Berthold Auerbach |
1812–1882 |
 |
| Ludwig Auerbach |
1840–1882 |
 |
| Raoul Auernheimer |
1876–1948 |
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| Joseph von Auffenberg |
1798–1857 |
 |
| August Augspurger |
1620–1675 |
 |
| August der Jüngere |
1579–1666 |
 |
| Ernst Augustin |
* 1927 |
 |
| Ferdinand von Augustin |
1807–1861 |
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| Waldemar Augustiny |
1897–1979 |
 |
| Anton Aulke |
1887–1974 |
 |
| Reinhold Aumaier |
* 1953 |
 |
| Ludwig Aurbacher |
1784–1847 |
 |
| Rose Ausländer |
1901–1988 |
 |
| Jane Austen |
1775–1817 |
 |
| Paul Auster |
* 1947 |
 |
| Rose Austerlitz |
1876–1939 |
/  |
| Ava von Göttweig |
~1060–1127 |
 |
| Nicolaus von Avancini |
1611–1686 |
 |
| Friedrich Christian Benedikt Avé-Lallemant |
1809–1892 |
 |
| Ferdinand Avenarius |
1856–1923 |
 |
| Elise Averdieck |
1808–1907 |
 |
| Uri Avnery |
* 1923 |
 |
| Elisabeth Axmann |
* 1926 |
 |
| Francisco Ayala |
1906–2009 |
 |
| May Ayim |
1960–1996 |
 |
| Marcel Aymé |
1902–1967 |
 |
| Cornelius Hermann von Ayrenhoff |
1733–1819 |
 |
| Jakob Ayrer |
1544–1605 |
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| أبو بكر محمد زكريا الرازي (dt. Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi) |
430/425 – 355 v. Chr. |
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