Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

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1. Friedrich Schiller

   Author of Wilhelm Tell, Intrigue and love, The Ghost-seer (Hesperus Classics)

2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   Author of Elective Affinities, Faust, Part Two, Italian Journey: 1786-1788

3. Heinrich von Kleist

   Author of Michael Kohlhaas, The Broken Jug, The Prince of Homburg

4. Georg Büchner

   Author of Woyzeck, Dantons Tod, Lenz

5. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

   Author of Nathan the Wise, Emilia Galotti, Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück

6. Max Frisch

   Author of Homo Faber, Andorra, The Fire Raisers

7. Gerhart Hauptmann

   Author of Bahnwärter Thiel, Der Biberpelz, Vor Sonnenaufgang: Soziales Drama

8. Bertolt Brecht

   Author of Mother Courage and Her Children, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic

9. E. T. A. Hoffmann

   Author of Tales of Hoffmann (Penguin Classics), Das Fräulein von Scuderi, The Sand Man

10. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

    Author of The Judge and His Hangman, The Visit, The Physicists

11. Gottfried Keller

    Author of Kleider machen Leute, A Village Romeo and Juliet, Green Henry

12. Robert Walser

    Author of Jakob von Gunten, Selected Stories, The Robber

13. Theodor Fontane

    Author of Effi Briest, Frau Jenny Treibel, Unterm Birnbaum

14. Samuel Beckett

    Author of Watt, More Pricks Than Kicks, The Unnamable

15. Thomas Bernhard

    Author of The Loser, Concrete, Gargoyles

16. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

    Author of The Jew's Beech, Sämtliche Werke

17. Uwe Johnson

    Author of Mutmaßungen über Jakob. SZ-Bibliothek Band 18, Eine Reise nach Klagenfurt, Begleitumstände. Frankfurter Vorlesungen.

18. Wolfgang Borchert

    Author of The Man Outside, Das Gesamtwerk

19. Heinrich Mann

    Author of Man of Straw, The Blue Angel

20. Heinrich Heine

    Author of Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen, Buch der Lieder