List of authors / P

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Gert von Paczensky (1925–2014), German journalist and writer

Susanne von Paczensky (1923–2010), German non-fiction author

Krzysztof Paczuski (1956-2004), Polish poet

Elifius Paffrath (1942–2016), German theater scholar, playwright and radio play author

Camille Paglia (* 1947), American cultural scientist and author

Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), French writer

Boris Pahor (* 1913), Slovenian writer

Teuvo Pakkala (1862-1925), Finnish writer

Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962), American writer

Josep Palau i Fabre (1917–2008), Spanish writer and art critic

Aldo Palazzeschi (1885–1974), Italian writer and poet

Grace Paley (1922–2007), American writer

Reinhard Palm (1957–2014), Austrian author, translator and dramaturge

Connie Palmen (* 1955), Dutch writer

Lilli Palmer (1914–1986), German actress and author

Orhan Pamuk (* 1952), Turkish writer

Leif Panduro (1923–1977), Danish writer

Oskar Panizza (1853–1921), German writer

Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928–2014), German Protestant theologian and author

Christopher Paolini (* 1983), American author

Walter Papst (1924–2008), German designer and writer

Sara Paretsky (* 1947), American writer

Edith Pargeter (1913-1995), British writer ( Ellis Peters )

Paul Parin (1916–2009), Swiss ethno-psychoanalyst and writer

Goffredo Parise (1929–1986), Italian writer and journalist

Park Kyung-ni (1926–2008), South Korean writer

Park Min-gyu (* 1968), South Korean writer

Robert B. Parker (1932-2010), American writer

Stewart Parker (1941–1988), Northern Irish writer

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French writer

Viktor Paskow (1949–2009), Bulgarian writer

Fernando del Paso (1935–2018), Mexican writer and poet

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian writer and film director

Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Russian writer

Oskar Pastior (1928–2006), German writer

Susann Pásztor (* 1957), German writer and translator

James Patterson (born 1947), American writer

Kurt Pätzold (1930–2016), German historian and author

Jean Paul , actually: Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825), German writer

Steven Paulsen (born 1955), Australian writer

Birgit Pausch (* 1942), German author

Randy Pausch (1960-2008), American author

Gudrun Pausewang (1928–2020), German writer

Jean-Jacques Pauvert (1926-2014), French publisher and author

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950), Italian writer

Pavao Pavličić (* 1946), Croatian writer

Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014), Serbian poet, writer, dramaturge and editor

Henning Pawel (* 1944), German writer

Anna Pawełczyńska (1922–2014), Polish sociologist and author

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Philippa Pearce (1920-2006), British writer

Christiern Pedersen (approx. 1480–1554), Danish writer

Michael Peinkofer (* 1969), German author, film journalist and translator

Ulrich Peltzer (* 1956), German writer

Sandro Penna (1906–1977), Italian poet and storyteller

Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955), German writer

Georges Perec (1936–1982), French writer

Cristina Peri Rossi (* 1941), Uruguayan-Spanish writer

Dieter Perlowski (* 1950), German writer

Gilles Perrault (* 1931), French writer

Stan Persky (* 1941), Canadian writer, media commentator and university lecturer

Christer Persson (* 1943), Swedish writer

Leo Perutz (1882–1957), Austrian writer

Nossrat Peseschkian (1933–2010), Iranian-German psychotherapist and author

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), German writer

Žarko Petan (1929–2014), Slovenian writer

Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013), American crime novelist

Jochen Petersdorf (1934–2008), German satirist

Jan Petersen (1906–1969), German writer

Jens Petersen (* 1976), German writer

Vladislav Petković Dis (1880–1917), Serbian poet

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian writer

Horst Petri (* 1936), German psychoanalyst and author

Valery Petrov (1920–2014), Bulgarian writer and translator

Rudolf Peyer (1929–2017), Swiss writer and translator

Roger Peyrefitte (1907-2000), French writer

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William Pfaff (1928–2015), American author and publicist

Justus Pfaue (1942–2014), German writer and screenwriter

Erich Pfefferlen (* 1952), German writer

Hans Pfeiffer (1925–1998), German writer

Ferdinand Pfohl (1862–1949), German writer

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Peter Philipp (1971–2014), German writer and cabaret artist

Susan Elizabeth Phillips (* 1948), American novelist

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Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist and author

Felice Picano (born 1944), American writer

Othmar Pickl (1927–2008), Austrian historian and author

Jodi Picoult (* 1967), American writer

Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019), British romance novelist

Doris Pilkington (1937–2014), Aboriginal writer from Australia

Pindar (522/518 - around 442 BC), Greek writer

Claudia Piñeiro (* 1960), Argentine writer

Ramiro Pinilla (1923-2014), Spanish writer

Harold Pinter (1930-2008), British writer, Nobel Prize 2005

Heinz Piontek (1925–2003), German writer

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), Italian writer, Nobel Prize in 1934

Akif Pirinçci (* 1959), Turkish-German writer

Liaty Pisani (* 1950), Italian writer

Pitigrilli (d. I. Dino Segre; 1893–1975), Italian writer

Siegfried Pitschmann (1930–2002), German writer

Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), British poet

Hermann Peter Piwitt (* 1935), German writer

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Arno Plack (1930–2012), German philosopher and writer

Hermann Plahn (1865–?), German writer

Belva Plain (1915-2010), American writer

Richard Plant (1910–1998), German-American writer

August Graf von Platen (1796–1835), German writer

Alan Plater (1935-2010), British writer

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet and prose writer

Plato (427–347 BC), Greek writer

Titus Maccius Plautus (250–184 BC), Roman writer

Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007), German writer

Thomas Pletzinger (* 1975), German writer

Peter Plichta (* 1939), German chemist and writer

Gaius Secundus Plinius, also: Pliny the Elder (23–79), Roman writer

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, also: Pliny the Younger (61–113), Roman writer

Jürgen Ploog (1935–2020), German writer and publicist

Plotinus (around 205 – around 270), Greek writer

Benno Pludra (1925–2014), German author of children's and young people's books

Erika Pluhar (* 1939), Austrian writer and performing artist

Plutarch (around 45– after 120), Greek writer

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Erich Friedrich Podach (1894–1967), Hungarian-German literary scholar and ethnologist

Norbert Podewin (1935–2014), German historian, biographer and essayist

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American writer

Otto Pöggeler (1928–2014), German philosopher and author

Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), American science fiction author

Ilse Pohl (1907-2010), German writer

Wolfgang Pohrt (1945–2018), German political publicist

Alfred Polgar (1873–1955), Austrian writer

Anna Politkowskaja (1958–2006), Russian essayist

Wolfgang Pollanz (* 1954), Austrian writer

Jean-Bertrand Pontalis (1924–2013), French psychoanalyst and writer

Claude Ponti (* 1948), French children's book illustrator and writer

Giuseppe Pontiggia (1934-2003), Italian writer

Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English writer

Yevgeny Popov (* 1946), Russian writer

Steffen Popp (* 1978), German poet, writer and translator

Bernhard Pörksen (* 1969), German media scientist and author

Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), American writer

Peter Porter (1929-2010), British poet of Australian descent

Alan Posener (* 1949), British-German journalist and biographer

Julius Posener (1904–1996), German architectural historian and critic

Karl Postl, known as Charles Sealsfield (1793–1864), German writer

Neil Postman (1931-2003), American essayist

Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American poet

Anthony Powell (1905-2000), British writer

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Peter Prange (* 1955), German writer

Heribert Prantl (* 1953), German journalist and essayist

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015), British writer

Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991), Italian writer

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013), British writer

Albert Precht (1947–2015), Austrian non-fiction author

Richard David Precht (* 1964), German writer and philosopher

François Maher Presley (* 1961), German author

Mirjam Pressler (1940–2019), German writer and translator

Andreas Pretzel (* 1961), German cultural historian and author

Otfried Preußler (1923–2013), German writer

Costanzo Preve (1943–2013), Italian philosopher and author

Anthony Price (1928-2019), British writer

Gerhard Priesemann (1925–2011), German poet

John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984), English writer

Anatoly Pristavkin (1931-2008), Russian writer

Gert Prokop (1932–1994), German writer

Rüdiger Proske (1916–2010), German journalist and book author

Annie Proulx (* 1935), Canadian-American writer

Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French writer

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Alexander Pschera (* 1964), German author, publicist and translator

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Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), German writer

Manuel Puig (1932–1990), Argentine writer

James Purdy (1914–2009), American writer

Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian writer

Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher and author

Jesco von Puttkamer (1933–2012), author of German descent

Reiner Putzger (* 1940), German writer and speech educator

Mario Puzo (1920–1999), American writer

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Thomas Pynchon (* 1937), American writer