Editing List of German-language authors (section)

==R==
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*[[Wilhelm Raabe]] (1831–1910, f)
*[[Rabanus Maurus]] (c. 780–856, nf/p), also Rhabanus or Hrabanus
*[[Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener]] (1714–1771, nf)
*[[Wilhelm Rath]] (1897–1973, nf)
*[[Ferdinand Raimund]] (1790–1836, d)
*[[Karl Wilhelm Ramler]] (1725–1798, p)
*[[Christoph Ransmayr]] (born 1954, nf/f)
*[[Lutz Rathenow]] (born 1952, f/p/d)
*[[Wolfgang Ratke]] (1571–1635, nf)
*[[Sven Regener]] (born 1961, p/f)
*[[Ruth Rehmann]] (1922–2016, f/d)
*[[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]] (1920–2013, nf)
*[[Uwe Reimer]] (1948–2004, nf)
*[[Herbert Reinecker]] (1914–2007, f/d)
*[[Reinmar von Hagenau]] (c. 1160/1170 – pre-1210, p)
*[[Reinmar von Zweter]] (c. 1225 – c. 1250, p)
*[[Ludwig Rellstab]] (1799–1860, p/nf)
*[[Erich Maria Remarque]], pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark (1898–1970, f/d/nf)
*[[Joscha Remus]] (born 1958, nf/ch)
*[[Lothar Rendulic]] (1897–1971, nf)
*[[Sir John Retcliffe]], pseudonym of Hermann Goedsche (1815–1878, nf)
*[[Johannes Reuchlin]] (1455–1522, nf)
*[[Fritz Reuter]] (1810–1874, f/p)
*[[Hans Peter Richter]] (1926–1993, ch/nf)
*[[Hans Werner Richter]] (1908–1993, f/nf)
*[[Frieda von Richthofen]] (1879–1956, nf), later Frieda Lawrence
*[[Brigitte Riebe]] (born 1953, f)
*[[Rainer Maria Rilke]] (1875–1926, p/f)
*[[Joachim Ringelnatz]] (1883–1934, p/nf)
*[[Luise Rinser|Louise Rinser]] (1911–2002, f/nf/ch)
*[[Johann Rist]] (1607–1667, p/d)
*[[Robert Roberthin]] (1600–1648, p)
*[[Charlotte Roche]] (born 1978, f)
*[[Alexander Roda Roda]], pseudonym of Šandor Friedrich Rosenfeld (1872–1945, nf)
*[[Peter Rosegger]], pseudonym of Roßegger (1843–1918, p/f)
*[[Peter Rosei]] (born 1946, f/nf/ch)
*[[Ernst Rosmer]], pseudonym of Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, d/f/nf)
*[[Johann Leonhard Rost]] (1688–1727, nf)
*[[Eugen Roth]] (1895–1976, p)
*[[Friederike Roth]] (born 1948, d)
*[[Gerhard Roth]] (1942–2022, f/d/nf)
*[[Joseph Roth]] (1894–1939, f/nf)
*[[Patrick Roth]] (born 1953, f/nf)
*[[Stephan Ludwig Roth]] (1796–1849, nf)
*[[Toni Rothmund]] (1877–1956, f/nf)
*[[Friedrich Rückert]] (1788–1866, p/nf)
*[[Rudolf von Ems]] (c. 1200 – c. 1253, p)
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