Writers Biographies

A writer is a person who produces literature or nonfiction, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, essays, articles, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One of the greatest figures of German culture, encompassed literature, science, music, and philosophy within his work...
Literature
Born in: Free City of Frankfurt > Germany
 

Bertolt Brecht
An East German playwright, dramatized the Marxist themes of greed and corruption in capitalist society...
Poet
Born in: Augsburg > Germany
 

Thomas Mann
A leading German writer of the early 20th century, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929 for such works as the novella Death in Venice (1912) and his masterpiece, The Magic Mountain (1924)...
Novels
Born in: Lubeck > Germany
 

Hermann Hesse
The German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse emphasized the struggle of man's quest of spiritual enlightenment in his novels and poems...
Poet
Born in: Calw > Germany