Editing List of German-language authors (section)

==W==
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*[[Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder]] (1773–1798, nf)
*[[Heinrich Leopold Wagner]] (1747–1779, d)
*[[Jan Costin Wagner]] (born 1972, f)
*[[Siegfried Wagner]] (1869–1930, d)
*[[Wilhelm Waiblinger]] (1804–1830, p/f)
*[[Walahfrid Strabo]] (c. 810–849, nf/p)
*[[Max Waldau]] (1821 or 1825–1855, p/f)
*[[Herwarth Walden]], pseudonym of Georg Lewin (1878–1941, nf)
*[[Martin Walser]] (1927–2023, nf/f)
*[[Robert Walser]] (1878–1956, f/nf)
*[[Walther von der Vogelweide]] (c. 1170 – c. 1230, p)
*[[Maxie Wander]] (1933–1977, f)
*[[Gustav von Wangenheim]] (1895–1975, d)
*[[Jakob Wassermann]] (1873–1934, f/p/nf)
*[[Frank Wedekind]] (1864–1918, d)
*[[Hermann von Wedderkop]] (1875–1956, nf/f)
*[[Armin T. Wegner]] (1886–1978, nf)
*[[Josef Magnus Wehner]] (1891–1973, d)
*[[Wilhelm Weigand]] (1862–1949, p/f/nf)
*[[Carsten Wieland]] (born 1971, nf)
*[[Peter Weiss]] (1916–1982, d/f)
*[[Wilhelm Weitling]] (1808–1871, nf)
*[[Ehm Welk]] (1884–1966, d/nf/f)
*[[Franz Werfel]] (1890–1945, f/d/p)
*[[Benedikt Maria Leonhard von Werkmeister]] (1745–1823, nf)
*[[Zacharias Werner]] (1768–1823, p/d/nf)
*[[Christian Wernicke]] (1661–1725, p/d/nf)
*[[Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg]] (1774–1860, nf/p)
*[[Ernst Wiechert]] (1887–1950, f/p/nf)
*[[Christoph Martin Wieland]] (1733–1813, p/f)
*[[Adolf Wilbrandt]] (1837–1911, f/d)
*[[Ernst von Wildenbruch]] (1845–1901, p/d)
*[[Bruno Wille]] (1860–1928, nf)
*[[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]] (1717–1768, nf)
*[[Eugen Gottlob Winkler]] (1912–1936, nf)
*[[Heinrich Wittenwiler]] (c. 1370–1420, p)
*[[Karl August Wittfogel]] (1896–1988, d/nf)
*[[Gabriele Wohmann]] (1932–2015, f/p/d)
*[[Christa Wolf]] (1929–2011, f/nf)
*[[Friedrich Wolf (writer)|Friedrich Wolf]] (1888–1953, d/f/ch)
*[[Julius Wolff (writer)|Julius Wolff]] (1834–1910, p/f)
*[[Wolfram von Eschenbach]] (1170–1220, p)
*[[Karl Wolfskehl]] (1869–1948, p/nf/d)
*[[Hans Wollschläger]] (1935–2007, f/nf)
*[[Ernst von Wolzogen]] (1855–1934, nf/f)
*[[Paul Wühr]] (1927–2016, f/p/d)
*[[Ignaz Wurz]] (1731–1784, nf)
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