List of German-language poets of the 21st century
This page lists German-language writers who are still living or who have died in the 21st century, in whose work poetry plays a qualitatively or quantitatively significant role.
list
A.
- Friedrich Achleitner (1930–2019)
- Gerd Adloff (1952–)
- Kurt Aebli (1955–)
- Ilse Aichinger (1921-2016)
- Christoph Wilhelm Aigner (1954–)
- Elisabeth Alexander (1922-2009)
- Gabrielle Alioth (1955–)
- Urs Allemann (1948–)
- Andreas Altmann (1963–)
- Katja Alves (1961–)
- Richard Anders (1928-2012)
- Sascha Anderson (1953-)
- Friedrich Ani (1958–)
- Jochen Arlt (1948–)
- HC Artmann (1921-2000)
- Arnfrid Astel (1933-2018)
B.
- Wolfgang Bächler (1925-2007)
- Kurt Bartsch (1937-2010)
- Wilhelm Bartsch (1950–)
- Michael Basse (1957-)
- Wolfgang Bauer (1941-2005)
- Jürgen Becker (1932–)
- Reinhard Paul Becker (1928-2006)
- Uli Becker (1953–)
- Ulrich Johannes Beil (1957–)
- Wolfgang Berends (1966–)
- Werner Bernreuther (1941–)
- FW Bernstein (1938-2018)
- Marcel Beyer (1965–)
- Peter Biele (1931–)
- Wolf Biermann (1936–)
- Horst Bingel (1933-2008)
- Wolfgang Bittner (1941–)
- Nico Bleutge (1972–)
- Ernst Günther Bleisch (1914-2003)
- Thomas Böhme (1955–)
- Gabriele Böhning (1948–)
- Elisabeth Borchers (1926-2013)
- Kay Borowsky (1943–)
- Nora Bossong (1982-)
- Annemarie Bostroem (1922–2015)
- Bastian Böttcher (1974–)
- Thomas Brasch (1945-2001)
- Volker Braun (1939–)
- Beat Brechbühl (1939–)
- Markus Breidenich (1972–)
- Theo Breuer (1956-)
- Yevgeniy Breyger (1989-)
- Hartmut Brie (1943–)
- Hans Georg Bulla (1949–)
- Alexandru Bulucz (1987–)
- Erika Burkart (1922-2010)
- Michael Buselmeier (1938–)
- Matthias Buth (1951–)
C.
- Paul-Henri Campbell (1982-)
- Safiye Can (1977-)
- Siegfried Carl (1951–)
- Ernesto Castillo (1970–)
- Hanns Cibulka (1920-2004)
- Zehra Çirak (1960–)
- Uwe Claus (1960–)
- Mara-Daria Cojocaru (1980-)
- Gerd Constapel (1938–)
- Ann Cotten (1982-)
- Heinz Czechowski (1935-2009)
- Franz Josef Czernin (1952–)
D.
- Lydia Hence (1980-)
- Edwin Wolfram Dahl (1928–2015)
- Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011)
- Günther Deicke (1922-2006)
- Friedrich Christian Delius (1943–)
- Fritz Deppert (1932–)
- Uwe Dick (1942-)
- Rainer Dimmler (1951-2018)
- Hugo Dittberner (1944-)
- Hans Otfried Dittmer (1952-2018)
- Reinhard Döhl (1934-2004)
- Róža Domašcyna (1951–)
- Dominik Dombrowski (1964–)
- Hilde Domin (1909-2006)
- Michael Donhauser (1956–)
- Stefan Döring (1954–)
- Ulrike Draesner (1962-)
- Kurt Drawert (1956-)
- Alex Dreppec (1968-)
- Ingeborg Drews (1938–)
- Tanja Dückers (1968–)
- Anne Duden (1942–)
- Werner Dürrson (1932-2008)
- Karen Duve (1961-)
E.
- Gabriele Eckart (1954–)
- Hans Eichhorn (1956-2020)
- Adolf Endler (1930-2009)
- Ria Endres (1946-)
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–)
- Manfred Enzensperger (1952–)
- Elke Erb (1938–)
- Bernd Ernst (1969–)
- Peter Ettl (1954–)
- Evert Everts (1941–)
- Richard Exner (1929-2008)
F.
- Daniel Falb (1977-)
- Gerhard Falkner (1951–)
- Karin Fellner (1970–)
- Ludwig Fels (1946–)
- Christian Filips (1981-)
- Michael Franz (1937–)
- Franzobel (1967–)
- Walter Helmut Fritz (1929-2010)
G
- Martin Ganter (1943–)
- Tuncay Gary (1971-)
- Sylvia Geist (1963-)
- Hortense by Gelmini (1947–)
- Wilhelm J. Gerhards (1943–)
- Harald Gerlach (1940-2001)
- Robert Gernhardt (1937-2006)
- Albrecht Goes (1908-2000)
- Eugen Gomringer (1925–)
- Peter Gosse (1938–)
- KO Götz (1914-2017)
- Dieter M. Graef (1960–)
- Günter Grass (1927-2015)
- Durs Grünbein (1962–)
- Ralph Grüneberger (1951–)
- Uwe Grüning (1942–)
- Carl Guesmer (1929-2009)
- Alexander Gumz (1974-)
- Michael Guttenbrunner (1919-2004)
H
- Peter Hacks (1928-2003)
- Wolfgang Hädecke (1929–)
- Arthur Häny (1924-2019)
- Ulla Hahn (1945–)
- Ernst Halter (1938–)
- Peter Hamm (1937-2019)
- Peter Handke (1942–)
- Margarete Hannsmann (1921-2007)
- Dirk Uwe Hansen (1963–)
- Lioba Happel (1957–)
- Ludwig Harig (1927-2018)
- Caroline Hartge (1966-)
- Peter Härtling (1933–2017)
- Harald Hartung (1932-)
- Rolf Haufs (1935–2013)
- Manfred Peter Hein (1931–)
- Hans-Jürgen Heise (1930-2013)
- Margarete Heiss (1953-)
- Gisela Hemau (1938–)
- Claus Henneberg (1928–)
- Klaus Hensel (1954–)
- Kerstin Hensel (1961–)
- Werner Herbst (1943-2008)
- Günter Herburger (1932–)
- Rainer Hesse (1938–)
- Andrea Heuser (1972–)
- Regina Hilber (1970–)
- Wolfgang Hilbig (1941-2007)
- Bruno Hillebrand (1935-2016)
- Franz Hodjak (1944–)
- Gerald Höfer (1960–)
- Kay Hoff (1924-2018)
- Dieter Hoffmann (1934–)
- Margret Hell (1927–)
- Walter Höllerer (1922–2003)
- Rolf Hörler (1933-2007)
- Norbert Hummelt (1962-)
- Katrine von Hutten (1944–2013)
I.
- Jayne-Ann Hedgehog (1954-)
- Felix Philipp Ingold (1942–)
J
- Hendrik Jackson (1971–)
- Steffen Jacobs (1968–)
- Bernd Jentzsch (1940–)
- Peter Jokostra (1912-2007)
K
- Heinz Kahlau (1931–2012)
- Lisa Kahn (1927-2013)
- Dieter Kalka (1957–)
- Yaak Karsunke (1934-)
- Adrian Kasnitz (1974-)
- Matthias Kehle (1967-)
- Odile Kennel (1967-)
- Rainer Kirsch (1934-2015)
- Sarah Kirsch (1935-2013)
- Wulf Kirsten (1934–)
- Karin Kiwus (1942–)
- Paul Alfred Kleinert (1960–)
- Eckart Kleßmann (1933-)
- Thomas Kling (1957-2005)
- Barbara Maria Kloos (1958-)
- Matthias Koeppel (1937–)
- Barbara Köhler (1959–)
- Uwe Kolbe (1957–)
- Alfred Kolleritsch (1931-2020)
- Olly Komenda-Soentgerath (1923-2003)
- Jan Koneffke (1960–)
- Simone Kornappel (1978–)
- Wehwalt Koslovsky (1972–)
- Rudolf Kraus (1961–)
- Helmut Krausser (1964–)
- Ursula Krechel (1947–)
- Birgit Kreipe (1964–)
- Michael Krüger (1943–)
- Hans Kruppa (1952–)
- Jan Kuhlbrodt (1966–)
- Björn Kuhligk (1975–)
- Johannes Kühn (1934–)
- Günter Kunert (1929-2019)
- Thomas Art (1965–)
- Reiner Kunze (1933–)
- Fitzgerald Kusz (1944–)
- Kurt Küther (1929–2012)
- Axel Kutsch (1945–)
L.
- Augusta Laar (1955–)
- Stan Lafleur (1968-)
- Norbert Lange (1978–)
- Rudolf Günter Langer (1923-2007)
- Christine Langer (1966-)
- Gregor Laschen (1941-2018)
- Christian Lehnert (1969–)
- Arnold Leifert (1940-2012)
- Christoph Leisten (1960–)
- Anton G. Leitner (1961–)
- Michael Lentz (1964–)
- Kurt Leonhard (1910-2005)
- Dagmar Leupold (1955-)
- Hanna Leybrand (1945-2017)
- Thorsten Libotte (1972–)
- Till Lindemann (1963-)
- Monika Littau (1955–)
- Sabina Lorenz (1967–)
- Gerd Hergen Lübben (1937-)
- Raja Lubinetzki (1962-)
- Werner Lutz (1930-2016)
M.
- Dominique Macri (1981-)
- Peter Maiwald (1946-2008)
- Rainer Malkowski (1939-2003)
- Tristan Marquardt (1987-)
- Kurt Marti (1921-2017)
- Marie T. Martin (1982-)
- Virgilio Masciadri (1963-2014)
- Frank-Wolf Matthies (1951–)
- Carola Matthiesen (1925-2015)
- Hartwig Mauritz (1964–)
- Friederike Mayröcker (1924–)
- Christoph Meckel (1935-2020)
- Dieter P. Meier-Lenz (1930-2015)
- Steffen Mensching (1958-)
- Reinhard Mey (1942–)
- Elisabeth Meylan (1937-)
- Karl Mickel (1935-2000)
- Franz Mon (1926–)
- Alexandra Motschmann (1966–)
- Dieter Mucke (1936-2016)
N
- Jürgen Nendza (1957–)
- Peter Horst Neumann (1936-2009)
- Dagmar Nick (1926–)
- Uwe Nolte (1969–)
- Helga M. Novak (1935-2013)
O
- Andreas Okopenko (1930-2010)
- Brigitte Oleschinski (1955–)
- Albert Ostermaier (1967-)
- Hasan Özdemir (1963-)
P
- Bert Papenfuß-Gorek (1956–)
- Oskar Pastior (1927-2006)
- Heidi Pataki (1940-2006)
- Silke Peters (1967-)
- Dirk von Petersdorff (1966–)
- Erich Pfefferlen (1952–)
- Otti Pfeiffer (1931-2001)
- Martin Piekar (1990-)
- Richard Pietraß (1946–)
- Heinz Piontek (1925-2003)
- Johannes Poethen (1928-2001)
- Matthias Politycki (1955–)
- Steffen Popp (1978–)
- Marion Poschmann (1969–)
- Ilse Pracht-Fitzell (1926–)
R.
- Klaus M. Rarisch (1936-2016)
- Lutz Rathenow (1952–)
- Elena Raulf (1965-)
- Arne Rautenberg (1967–)
- Arno Reinfrank (1934-2001)
- Christa Reinig (1926-2008)
- Anna Rheinsberg (1956–)
- Jürgen Rennert (1943–)
- Karl Riha (1935–)
- Monika Rinck (1969–)
- Marcus Roloff (1973--)
- Thomas Rosenlöcher (1947–)
- Hendrik Rost (1969–)
- Friederike Roth (1948–)
- Ralf Rothmann (1953–)
- Andre Rudolph (1975-)
- Gerhard Rühm (1930–)
- Peter Rühmkorf (1929-2008)
- Andreas Rumler (1955–)
- Doris Runge (1943-)
S.
- Said (1947-)
- Peter Salomon (1947–)
- Horst Samson (1954-)
- Ulrike Almut Sandig (1979–)
- Joachim Sartorius (1946–)
- Walle Sayer (1960–)
- Ulrich Schacht (1951–2018)
- Hans Dieter Schäfer (1939–)
- Margot Scharpenberg (1924–)
- Rainer Schedlinski (1956-2019)
- Christian W. Schenk (1951–)
- Johannes Schenk (1941-2006)
- Silke Scheuermann (1973–)
- Sabine Schiffner (1965–)
- Rolf Schilling (1950–)
- Robert Schindel (1944-)
- Albert von Schirnding (1935–)
- Evelyn Schlag (1952-)
- Ann-Helena Schlueter
- Kathrin Schmidt (1958–)
- Luise Schmidt (1955–)
- Lea Schneider (1989-)
- Christel Schöllhammer (1942–)
- Mathias Schreiber (1943–2019)
- Peer Schröder (1956-2019)
- Raoul Schrott (1964–)
- Katharina Schultens (1980–)
- Julian Schutting (1937-)
- Lutz Seiler (1963-)
- Armin Senser (1964-)
- Werner Söllner (1951–2019)
- Enno Stahl (1962–)
- Armin Steigenberger (1965–)
- Ludwig Steinherr (1962–)
- Thorsten Stelzner (1963-)
- Norbert Sternmut (1958–)
- Ulf Stolterfoht (1963-)
- Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011)
- Brigitte Struzyk (1946-)
- Kundeyt Şurdum (1937-2016)
T
- Johann P. Tammen (1944–)
- Hannelies Taschau (1937–)
- Sabine Techel (1953-)
- Holger Teschke (1958–)
- Ralf Thenior (1945–)
- Jürgen Theobaldy (1944–)
- Hans Thill (1954–)
- Brigitte Thurm (1932–)
- Thien Tran (1979-2010)
- Hans-Ulrich Treichel (1952–)
U
- Christian Uetz (1963–)
- Günter Ullmann (1946-2009)
- Raphael Urweider (1974-)
- Anja Utler (1973–)
V
- Olaf Velte (1960–)
- Ludwig Verbeek (1938–)
- Guntram Vesper (1941–)
- Mischa Vetere (1967-)
- Florian Voss (1970–)
W.
- Achim Wagner (1967-)
- Jan Wagner (1971–)
- Martin Walser (1927–)
- Peter Waterhouse (1956-)
- Rodja Weigand (1945–)
- Norbert White (1949-)
- Theodor Weißenborn (1933–)
- Christoph Wenzel (1979–)
- Michael Wildenhain (1958–)
- Ron Winkler (1973--)
- Mario Wirz (1956-2013)
- Frantz Wittkamp (1943–)
- Gabriele Wohmann (1932-2015)
- Orla Wolf (1971-)
- Ror Wolf (1932-2020)
- Uljana Wolf (1979–)
- Karl Alfred Wolken (1929–)
- Wolf Wondratschek (1943–)
- Paul Wühr (1927-2016)
Z
- Peter-Paul Zahl (1944–2011)
- Judith Zander (1980-)
- Barbara Zeizinger (1949–)
- Eva Zeller (1923-)
- Annemarie Zornack (1932–)
- Gerald Zschorsch (1951–)
