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Johann Christian GüntherAuthor · BooksJohann Christian Günther (8 April 1695 – 15 March 1723) was a German poet from Striegau in Lower Silesia.
Johann Friedrich RochlitzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Rochlitz (12 February 1769 – 16 December 1842) was a German playwright, musicologist and art and music critic.
Johann Gabriel SeidlAuthor · BooksJohann Gabriel Seidl (21 June 1804 – 18 July 1875) was an Austrian archeologist, poet, storyteller and dramatist.
Johann Peter HebelAuthor · BooksJohann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric…
Johann Philipp NeumannAuthor · BooksJohann Philipp Neumann (27 December 1774 – 3 October 1849) was an Austrian physicist, librarian and poet.
Johannes R. BecherAuthor · BooksJohannes R. Becher was a German poet, politician, novelist, writer, resistance fighter and songwriter (1891–1958). He was born in Munich and died in East Berlin.
John AugustPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist.
John BrileyAuthor · BooksRichard John Briley[1][2] (June 25, 1925 – December 14, 2019) was an American writer best known for screenplays of biographical films.
John DonneAuthor · BooksJohn Donne (DUN; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England.
John DrydenAuthor · BooksJohn Dryden (19 August 1631 –) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.
John GayPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera.
John KeatsAuthor · BooksJohn Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
John KilianAuthor · BooksJohn Kilian also Johann Kilian, Jan Kilian, pron (March 22, 1811 – September 12, 1884) was a Lutheran pastor and leader of the colony known as the Wends of Texas.
John Millington SyngeAuthor · BooksEdmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909), popularly known as J. M. Synge, was an Irish playwright, poet, and collector of folklores.
John of the CrossAuthor · BooksJohn of the Cross (Juan de la Cruz; Ioannes a Cruce; né Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar.
John WeidmanPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Edgar Wideman
Johnny BurkePerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Francis Burke (October 3, 1908 – February 25, 1964) was an American lyricist, successful and prolific between the 1920s and 1950s.
Jonathan HarveyPerson · Music memorabiliaJonathan Dean Harvey (3 May 1939 – 4 December 2012) was a British composer. He held teaching positions at universities and music conservatories in Europe and the United States.
Jonathan LarsonPerson · Film memorabiliaJonathan David Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick..
Jorge Silva MeloPerson · Film memorabiliaJorge Freitas e Silva Melo (7 August 1948 – 14 March 2022) was a Portuguese actor, playwright, theatre director, and translator.
José BruyrAuthor · BooksIllustration — A photo of José Bruyr and his wife Berthe Bunel, taken in 1922.
Joseph AddisonAuthor · BooksJoseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison.
Joseph SteinAuthor · BooksJoseph Stein (May 30, 1912 – October 24, 2010) was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.
Joseph Victor von ScheffelAuthor · BooksJoseph Victor von Scheffel (16 February 1826 – 9 April 1886) was a German poet and novelist. His novel Ekkehard (1855) became one of the most popular German novels in the 19th century.
Joséphine ColombAuthor · BooksJoséphine Colomb (née, Bouchet; 4 February 1833 – 17 September 1892) was a 19th-century French children's writer, lyricist, and translator who signed her works, Mme J.
Judith HerzbergAuthor · BooksJudith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born November 4, 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer.
Judith WeirPerson · Music memorabiliaDame Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer. She served as Master of the King's Music from 2014 to 2024.
Jules MassenetPerson · Music memorabiliaJules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
Julian FellowesPerson · Film memorabiliaJulian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford (born 17 August 1949), known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, writer, producer, film…
Julius WeismannPerson · Music memorabiliaJulius Weismann (26 December 1879 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer.
Jurek BeckerAuthor · BooksJurek Becker (German: [ˈjuːʁɛk ˈbɛkɐ]; c. 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident.
Justinus KernerAuthor · BooksJustinus Andreas Christian Kerner (18 September 1786, in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 21 February 1862, in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg) was a German poet, practicing…
Karel SabinaAuthor · BooksKarel Sabina (pen names include Arian Želinský and Leo Blass; 29 December 1813 – 8 November 1877) was a Czech writer and journalist.
Karl CostaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gravestone
Karl Egon EbertAuthor · BooksKarl Egon Ebert (5 June 1801 – 24 October 1882) was an ethnic German poet in the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Karl KrolowAuthor · BooksKarl Krolow (11 March 1915 – 21 June 1999) was a German poet and translator. In 1956 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize.
Karl Ludwig GieseckePerson · Film memorabiliaCarl Ludwig Giesecke FRSE (6 April 1761 in Augsburg – 5 March 1833 in Dublin) was a German actor, librettist, polar explorer and mineralogist.
Klaus HändlPerson · Film memorabiliaKlaus Händl (born 17 September 1969) is an Austrian actor, writer and director.
Kornel UjejskiAuthor · BooksKornel Ujejski (September 12, 1823 in Beremyany, Galicia, Austria - September 19, 1897 in Pavliv near Lviv, Galicia, Austria), also known as Cornelius Ujejski, was a Polish poet, patriot…
Kurt TucholskyAuthor · BooksKurt Tucholsky (9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer.
Laura Beatrice ManciniAuthor · BooksLaura Oliva was born in Naples, and in 1840 married Italian jurist and statesman Pasquale Stanislao Mancini.
Leopold StaffAuthor · BooksLeopold Henryk Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in…
Lewis CarrollAuthor · BooksCharles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.
Lillian HellmanAuthor · BooksLillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist…
Linn BerggrenPerson · Music memorabiliaMalin Sofia Katarina Berggren (born 31 October 1970) is a former Swedish singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the pop music band Ace of Base.
Lope de VegaAuthor · BooksFélix Lope de Vega y Carpio (25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature.
Lorenzo Da PonteAuthor · BooksLorenzo Da Ponte (Emanuele Conegliano; 10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian and American[5] librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest.[1][4] He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by…
Louis GalletAuthor · BooksLouis Gallet (14 February 1835 in Valence, Drôme – 16 October 1898) was a French writer of operatic libretti, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is…
Louis-Benoît PicardAuthor · BooksIllustration — Louis-Benoît Picard
Luc BondyPerson · Film memorabiliaLuc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director.
Ludovic HalévyAuthor · BooksLudovic Halévy (1 January 1834 – 7 May 1908) was a French author and playwright, known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on the libretti for Georges Bizet's Carmen and comic operas…
Ludwig Gotthard KosegartenPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1 February 1758 – 26 October 1818), also known as Ludwig Theobul or Ludwig Theoboul, was a German poet and Lutheran preacher.
Ludwig HartmannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Robert Sterl: Ludwig Hartmann (1908), Dresden City Art Gallery
Ludwig TieckAuthor · BooksJohann Ludwig Tieck (lang; 31 May 177328 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic.
Luigi IllicaAuthor · BooksLuigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano,…
Maarja KangroAuthor · BooksMaarja Kangro (born 20 December 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, nonfiction writer and librettist.
Mack DavidPerson · Music memorabiliaMack David (July 5, 1912 – December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter, notable for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s…
Manfred GurlittPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Manfred Gurlitt in 1942
Marc ConnellyPerson · Film memorabiliaMarcus Cook Connelly (December 13, 1890 – December 21, 1980) was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist.
Marcellus SchifferArtist · PaintingsMarcellus Schiffer was the name used by Otto Schiffer (20 June 1892 – 24 August 1932), a German cabaret writer, graphic designer, painter and librettist.
Marco ColtelliniPerson · Music memorabiliaMarco Coltellini (24 May 1724, in Montepulciano – November 1777, in Saint Petersburg) was an Italian opera tenor, librettist and printer.
Marcus PfisterArtist · PaintingsMarcus Pfister (born 30 July 1960 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Swiss author and illustrator of children's picture books.
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of BavariaPerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Antonia of Bavaria (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780) was a German princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron of the arts, known particularly for her operas: Il trionfo della…
Marie Luise KaschnitzAuthor · BooksMarie Luise Kaschnitz (born Marie Luise von Holzing-Berslett; 31 January 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a German short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet.
Marilyn BoweringAuthor · BooksMarilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright.
Mario PanzeriPerson · Music memorabiliaMario Panzeri (11 October 1911 – 19 May 1991) was an Italian lyricist and composer.
Martin OpitzAuthor · BooksMartin Opitz von Boberfeld (23 December 1597 – 20 August 1639) was a German-language poet active in Poland.
Mathilde WesendonckAuthor · BooksAgnes Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer; 23 December 182831 August 1902) was a German poet and author.
Maurice MaeterlinckAuthor · BooksMaurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but…
Max DauthendeyArtist · PaintingsMax Dauthendey (25 July 1867 – 29 August 1918) was a German author and painter of the impressionist period. He was born in Würzburg and died in Malang.
Michael CristoferPerson · Film memorabiliaMichael Cristofer (born January 22, 1945) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker.
Michael MasserPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music.
Michael PraetoriusPerson · Music memorabilia
Michel de GhelderodeAuthor · BooksMichel de Ghelderode (born Adémar Adolphe Louis Martens; 3 April 1898 – 1 April 1962) was an avant-garde Belgian dramatist, from Flanders, who spoke and wrote in French.
Michel FokineAuthor · BooksMichael Fokine (– 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
Michel-Jean SedaineAuthor · BooksMichel-Jean Sedaine (2 June 1719 – 17 May 1797) was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential…
Mikhail BulgakovAuthor · BooksMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May [O.S.
Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerson · Music memorabiliaModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and…
Modest TchaikovskyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Moritz HartmannAuthor · BooksMoritz Hartmann (disambiguation)
Myfanwy PiperPerson · Music memorabiliaMary Myfanwy Piper (məˈvanuj; 28 March 1911 – 18 January 1997) was a British art critic and opera librettist. She was the founder of the periodical Axis, which was devoted to abstract art.
Nahum TateAuthor · BooksNahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692.
Neil SimonAuthor · BooksMarvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author.
Nelly SachsAuthor · BooksNelly Sachs (10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright.
Nestor KukolnikAuthor · BooksNestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (20 September 1809 – 20 December 1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin.
Niccolò TommaseoAuthor · BooksNiccolò Tommaseo (9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was a Dalmatian Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (A Dictionary of the Italian…
Nick CavePerson · Music memorabiliaNicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, musician and writer. He is the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Nicola Francesco HaymPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Marco Ricci's ca. 1709 painting of Nicola Francesco Haym at the harpsichord.
Nikolaus LenauAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lenau in 1839
Ninette de ValoisAuthor · BooksDame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.
Osip MandelstamAuthor · BooksOsip Emilyevich Mandelstam (14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
Oskar LoerkeAuthor · BooksOskar Loerke (13 March 1884, Jungen – 24 February 1941, Berlin) was a German poet, prose writer, literary critic and essayist.
Oskar PastiorAuthor · BooksOskar Pastior (20 October 1927 – 4 October 2006) was a Romanian-born German poet and translator. He was the only German member of Oulipo.
Ottavio RinucciniAuthor · BooksOttavio Rinuccini (20 January 1563 – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras.
Otto Erich HartlebenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otto Erich Hartleben.
Otto HarbachAuthor · BooksOtto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach (August 18, 1873 – January 24, 1963) was an American lyricist and librettist of nearly 50 musical comedies and operettas.
Otto Julius BierbaumAuthor · BooksOtto Julius Bierbaum (28 June 1865 – 1 February 1910) was a German writer.
Pablo NerudaAuthor · BooksPablo Neruda (nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða]; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto;
Paul AvenelAuthor · BooksPaul Avenel (9 October 1823 – 14 April 1902) was a 19th-century French writer, poet, goguettier, playwright, chansonnier and journalist. He was the elder brother of historian Georges Avenel.
Paul ClaudelAuthor · BooksPaul Claudel (6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel.
Paul CollinAuthor · BooksPaul Collin (12 July 1843 – 5 February 1915) was a French poet, writer, translator and librettist.
Paul HindemithPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Hindemith (POWL HIN-də-mit; German: [ˌpaʊ̯l ˈhɪndəmɪt]; 16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist, and conductor.
Paul Laurence DunbarAuthor · BooksPaul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Paul MorandAuthor · BooksPaul Morand (13 March 1888 – 23 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power.
Paul VerlaineAuthor · BooksPaul Marie Verlaine (lang; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist and Decadent movements.
Paul-Eerik RummoAuthor · BooksPaul-Eerik Rummo (born 19 January 1942) is an Estonian poet, playwright, translator and politician who was the former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education, as well as the former…
Pedro Calderón de la BarcaAuthor · BooksPedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao (17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer.
Péter EötvösPerson · Music memorabiliaPéter Eötvös (pron; 2 January 194424 March 2024) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and academic teacher.
Peter GoldsworthyAuthor · BooksPeter David Goldsworthy (born 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti.
Peter HacksAuthor · BooksPeter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
Peter HortonPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Müller (19 September 1941 – 22 September 2023), better known by the stage name Peter Horton, was an Austrian guitarist, singer, composer, and writer, noted for representing Austria at…
Peter SellarsPerson · Film memorabiliaPeter Sellars (born September 27, 1957) is an American theatre director, noted for his unique stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays.
Peter TurriniAuthor · BooksPeter Turrini (born 26 September 1944 in St Margarethen im Lavanttal, Carinthia) is an Austrian playwright known for his socio-critical work and earlier folk-dramas.
Peter-Jürgen BoockAuthor · BooksPeter-Jürgen Boock (born 3 September 1951) is a German former terrorist of the Red Army Faction.
Petr WeiglPerson · Film memorabiliaPetr Weigl (16 March 1939 – 14 July 2018) was a Czech director and playwright.
Philippe SoupaultAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Philippe Soupault by Robert Delaunay (1922)
Phillips BrooksAuthor · BooksPhillips Brooks (December 13, 1835January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts.
Pierre LouÿsPhotographer · PhotographyPierre-Félix Louÿs (lang; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings.
Pierre-Yves BarréAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Pierre-Yves Barré, 1804, by Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou
Pietro CanonicaPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Canonica (1 March 1869 – 8 June 1959) was an Italian sculptor, painter, opera composer, professor of arts and senator for life.

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