List of poet-doctors

Poet doctors are dramatists , epic poets , poets or essayists who, in addition to their literary work, have learned or practiced the profession of doctor. The medical profession either stands next to the literary existence as with Justinus Kerner , Alfred Döblin and Gottfried Benn , was given up when he took up the writing profession or the success as an author ( Friedrich Schiller , Heinar Kipphardt ) or never practiced ( Paul Fleming , William Somerset Maugham , Stanisław Lem ).

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Selected poet doctors

middle Ages

	Name (life data)	activity
	Jehuda ha-Levi * approx. 1075 † 1141	Sephardic poet, doctor
	Petrus de Ebulo * approx. 1196 † 1220	Italian poet, chronicler, doctor

16th Century

	Name (life data)	activity
	François Rabelais * 1494 † 1453	French narrator, doctor

17th century

	Name (life data)	activity
	Paul Fleming * 1609 † 1640	German poet, doctor
	Angelus Silesius * 1624 † 1677	German poet, court doctor and doctor for the poor

18th century

	Name (life data)	activity
	Ueda Akinari * 1734 † 1809	Japanese poet and essayist, family doctor
	Friedrich Schiller * 1759 † 1805	German playwright, poet and essayist, military doctor

19th century

	Name (life data)	activity
	Justinus Kerner * 1786 † 1862	German poet, senior medical officer
	John Keats * 1795 † 1821	English poet, doctor
	Georg Büchner * 1813 † 1837	German playwright and narrator, lecturer in medicine
	Arthur Conan Doyle * 1859 † 1930	Scottish narrator, ophthalmologist
	Anton Pavlovich Chekhov * 1860 † 1904	Russian playwright and narrator, doctor
	Mori Ōgai * 1862 † 1922	Japanese narrator, military doctor
	Arthur Schnitzler * 1862 † 1931	Austrian playwright and storyteller, military doctor and general practitioner

20th century

	Name (life data)	activity
	William Somerset Maugham * 1874 † 1965	English narrator, doctor
	Albert Schweitzer * 1875 † 1965	German essayist, tropical doctor
	Alfred Döblin * 1878 † 1957	German narrator and essayist, psychiatrist and internist
	William Carlos Williams * 1883 † 1963	American poet, pediatrician and obstetrician
	Gottfried Benn * 1886 † 1956	German poet, essayist, military doctor and specialist in skin and venereal diseases
	Michail Afanassjewitsch Bulgakow * 1891 † 1940	Russian narrator, country doctor
	Louis-Ferdinand Céline * 1894 † 1961	French narrator and essayist, epidemiologist, general practitioner and pediatrician
	Miguel Torga * 1907 † 1995	Portuguese poet, storyteller, ear, nose and throat doctor
	João Guimarães Rosa * 1908 † 1967	Brazilian storyteller, general practitioner and military doctor

21st century

	Name (life data)	activity
	António Lobo Antunes * 1942	Portuguese narrator, psychiatrist

More poet doctors

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Emil Aarestrup (1800–1856), Danish poet, resident doctor and monastery physician
• Dannie Abse (1923-2014), Welsh poet, hospital doctor
• Breno Accioly (1921–1966), Brazilian narrator, doctor
• Chris Adrian (1970), American storyteller, pediatrician
• Mark Akenside (1721-1770), English poet, doctor
• Johann Friedrich Ernst Albrecht (1752–1814), German storyteller and playwright, senior physician in the military hospital
• Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861), Brazilian narrator, doctor
• Manolis Anagnostakis (1925-2005), Greek poet, radiologist
• Ludwig Anton (1872–1941), Austrian storyteller and playwright, doctor
• Valentin Argirov (1932), German-speaking narrator, specialist in internal medicine
• John Armstrong (1709–1779), Scottish poet, military doctor
• David Assing (1787–1842), German poet, doctor
• Ernst Augustin (1927–2019), German narrator, psychiatrist
• Mariano Azuela (1873–1952), Mexican narrator, doctor

B.

• Peter Bamm (1897–1975), German essayist, medical officer
• Pío Baroja (1872–1956), Spanish narrator, medical officer
• Alfredo Bauer (1924–2016), Austrian-Argentine essayist, storyteller and poet, gynecologist
• Paul Bertololy (1892–1972), German narrator, country doctor
• Ulrike Blatter (1862), German narrator, psychotherapist
• Gustav Blumröder (1802-1853), German narrator and essayist, psychiatrist
• Gustav Brühl (1862–1903), German poet, resident doctor
• Erwin Bücken (1910), Swiss poet, doctor
• Gero Bühler (1968), German poet and storyteller, psychiatrist
• Christoph Gottehr Burghart (1683–1745), German poet, resident doctor
• Emil Bürgi (1872–1947), Swiss poet, associate professor for medicinal chemistry and pharmacology at the University of Bern

C.

• Hans Carossa (1878–1956), German poet and narrator, resident doctor
• Reto Caslano (1937–2003), Swiss narrator, doctor
• Euricius Cordus (1486–1535), German poet, doctor
• Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896–1981), Scottish storyteller, surgeon
• Daniel Crüger (1639–1711), German poet, personal physician
• Géza Csáth (1887–1919), Hungarian poet, neurologist
• Caspar Cunradi (1571–1633), German poet, doctor

D.

• Dai Mangong (1596–1672), Chinese poet, doctor
• Enrico Danieli (1952), Swiss narrator, specialist in general medicine
• Jean Delay (1907–1987), French essayist, psychiatrist
• Frieder Döring (1942), German storyteller and poet, specialist in skin and venereal diseases
• Hans Erich Blaich (1873–1945), German poet, pulmonologist
• William Henry Drummond (1854–1907), Canadian poet, professor of hygiene and forensic medicine
• Georges Duhamel (1884–1966), French narrator, surgeon
• Jaroslav Durych , Czech narrator, military doctor
• Tarek Dzinaj (1962–2004), German narrator, doctor

E.

• Zeno Einhorn (1899–1941), German poet, resident doctor
• Robert Eustace (1854–1943), English storyteller, military doctor

F.

• Heinrich Fabricius (1547–1612), German poet, doctor
• Jacob Fabricius (1576–1652), German poet, professor of medicine at the University of Rostock and personal physician
• Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849), Austrian essayist, doctor
• Ludwig Finckh (1876–1964), German poet, doctor
• Karl Flesch (1874–1945), German poet, doctor
• Robert Flinker (1906–1945), German-speaking narrator and poet, psychiatrist
• Ludwig August Frankl von Hochwart (1810–1894), Austrian poet, doctor
• Hermann Friedl (1920–1988), Austrian storyteller and poet, community doctor
• Hans Fritsch (1882–1950), Austrian narrator, radiologist
• Wolfgang Funke (1937–2009), German narrator, specialist in general medicine and hygiene

G

• Philipp Galen (1813–1899), German storyteller and playwright, country doctor and military doctor
• Heinrich Gassert (1857–1928), German poet, military doctor and resident doctor
• Gilles de Corbeil (1140–1224), French poet, personal physician
• Reinhard Goering (1887–1936), German playwright and storyteller, doctor
• Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957), Irish poet, ear, nose and throat specialist
• Richard Gordon (1921–2017), English storyteller, surgeon and anesthetist
• Martin Gosky (1586–1656), German poet, doctor
• Gustav Adolf de Grahl (1793-1858), German poet, personal physician
• Lars Fredrik Gravander (1778–1815), Swedish immunologist and poet
• Hans Gruhl (1921–1966), German storyteller, pediatrician and radiologist
• Martin Gumpert (1897–1955), American biographer and essayist, dermatologist and professor at New York Medical College

H

• Kaspar Hagen (1820–1885), German poet, city doctor
• Jean Hamburger (1909–1992), French essayist, professor at the Hôpital Necker
• Johannes Hartlieb (1400–1468), German essayist, personal physician
• Hermann Gottlieb Friedrich Hartmann (1826–1901), German poet and storyteller, doctor
• Jakob Hein (* 1971), German poet and storyteller, doctor for child and adolescent psychiatry
• Johann Helwig (1609–1674), German poet, personal physician
• Ludwig Herzer (1872–1939), Austrian librettist, gynecologist
• Max René Hesse (1877–1952), German narrator, doctor
• Jan Pieter Heye (1809–1876), Dutch poet, doctor
• Eckart von Hirschhausen (* 1967), German writer and cabaret artist, doctor
• Paulus Hochgatterer (* 1961), Austrian narrator, psychiatrist
• Christian Hölmann (1677–1744), German poet, doctor
• Hans von Hoffensthal (1877–1914), Austrian poet, doctor
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), American poet and narrator, doctor
• Miroslav Holub (1923–1998), Czech poet, doctor
• Bernd Hontschik (* 1952), German essayist, surgeon
• August Hornbostel (1786–1838), Austrian poet, doctor
• Richard Huldschiner (1872–1931), Austrian narrator, resident doctor
• Richard Huelsenbeck (1892–1974), German essayist, psychiatrist

J

• Friedrich Wilhelm Josias Jacobs (1793–1833), German narrator, rural physician
• Alois Jeitteles (1794–1858), Austrian poet, doctor
• Harri Pritchard Jones (1933-2015), Welsh storyteller, psychiatrist
• Armin Jüngling (1909–1984), German narrator and poet, resident doctor
• Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling (1740–1817), German narrator and essayist, ophthalmologist

K

• René Kaech (1909–1989), Swiss narrator, doctor
• Johannes Kähn (1810–1874), German poet, doctor
• Jonél Kalinczuk (1856–1934), Austrian poet, doctor
• Ben Kane (1970), Irish storyteller, veterinarian
• Siegfried Kapper (1820–1879), German-Czech poet and narrator, doctor
• Siegbert Kardach (1940), German poet, doctor
• Adam Karrillon (1853–1938), German narrator, ship's doctor
• Klaus Kayser (1940), German narrator, professor of pathology
• Karl Keller (1914–1987), German poet, general practitioner
• Theobald Kerner (1817–1907), German poet, doctor
• Klaus Kessler (1925–2005), Romanian-German narrator, doctor
• Daniel Ketteler (1978), German narrator, doctor
• Rita el Khayat (1944), Moroccan poet, psychiatrist
• Hans Kinkel (1909–1991), German storyteller and poet, country doctor
• Heinar Kipphardt (1922–1982), German playwright, pediatrician
• Jakob Klaesi (1883–1980), Swiss playwright and poet, psychiatrist
• Hugo Otto Kleine (1898–1971), German poet, gynecologist
• Hans Kloepfer (1867–1944), Austrian poet, works doctor
• Gunther Klosinski (1945), German poet, psychiatrist
• Abe Kōbō (1924–1993), Japanese narrator, medic
• Hans Koch (1881–1952), German storyteller and poet, doctor
• David Ferdinand Koreff (1783-1851), German poet, doctor
• Carl Arnold Kortum (1745–1824), German narrator, resident doctor
• Karl Sigismund Kramer (1759–1808), German narrator, country doctor
• Johann Georg Krauer (1792–1845), Swiss poet, country doctor
• Elisabeth Kraushaar-Baldauf (1915–2002), German narrator, doctor
• Wolrad Kreusler (1817–1901), German poet, city physician and prison doctor
• Emil Kronenberg (1864–1954), German narrator, ear, nose and throat doctor
• Ulrich Kunath (1942), German narrator, surgeon

L.

• František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright and storyteller, military doctor
• Bertold Lasker (1860–1928), German playwright, specialist in skin and leg diseases
• Johann Lauremberg (1590–1658), Danish poet, doctor
• Mariano Lebrón Saviñón (1922–2014), Dominican poet, pediatrician
• Hans Joachim Leidel (1915–1962), German poet, doctor
• Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish narrator and essayist, doctor
• Alexander Lenard (1910–1972), Hungarian poet, doctor
• Julius Levin (1862–1935), German narrator, doctor
• Wolfgang Licht (1938), German narrator, gynecologist
• Günther Loewit (1958), Austrian narrator, doctor
• Friedrich Otto Armin Loofs (1886–1930), German narrator, psychiatrist
• Petrus Lotichius Secundus (1528–1560), German poet, doctor
• Thomas Luthardt (1950), German poet, doctor

M.

• Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882), Brazilian storyteller and playwright, doctor
• Julius Mayr (1855–1935), German narrator, family doctor
• Colleen McCullough (1937-2015), Australian storyteller, doctor
• Lorenzo Mediano (1959), Spanish storyteller, doctor
• Alfred Meißner (1822–1885), German-Bohemian narrator, hospital doctor
• Nikolaus Meyer (1775–1855), German playwright, health resort doctor
• Hans Meyer-Hörstgen (1948), German storyteller and playwright, psychiatrist
• Julius Minding (1808–1850), German playwright, doctor
• Johann Alois Minnich (1801–1885), Swiss poet, spa doctor
• Gynter Mödder (1942), German narrator, specialist in nuclear medicine
• Max Mohr (1891–1937), German playwright and narrator, doctor
• Saitō Mokichi (1882–1952), Japanese poet, psychiatrist
• Hans Much (1880–1932), German storyteller and poet, immunologist
• Axel Munthe (1857–1949), Swedish doctor, narrator
• Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt (1893–1982), German narrator and essayist, doctor
• Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873), German poet, doctor
• Hanns Otto Münsterer (1900–1974), German poet, doctor
• Karl Friedrich Masuhr (1939), German storyteller and playwright, neurologist and psychiatrist

N

• Theodor Nasemann (1923), German poet, dermatologist
• Johann Neander (1595 / 96-), German poet, doctor
• Valerius Wilhelm Neubeck (1765–1850), German poet, resident doctor
• Anton Noder (1864–1936), German poet and narrator, doctor
• Notker II. (905–975), Swiss poet, Physicus

O

• Arnold Ott (1840–1910), Swiss playwright and poet, doctor

P

• Oskar Panizza (1853–1921), German narrator, psychiatrist
• Marie Pappenheim (1882–1966), German librettist, doctor
• Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014), Serbian poet and essayist, doctor
• Eduardo Pavlovsky (1933-2015), Argentine playwright, psychiatrist
• Valery Petrov (1920–2014), Bulgarian poet and playwright, doctor
• Max Picard (1888–1965), Swiss essayist, doctor
• Jörg M. Pönnighaus (1947), German poet and storyteller, dermatologist
• Johannes Posthius (1537–1597), German poet, military doctor
• Heinz Pototschnig (1923–1995), Austrian storyteller and poet, doctor

Q

• Otto Julius Quehl (1857–1914), German playwright and poet, doctor

R.

• Jeronimas Ralys (1876–1921), Lithuanian poet, doctor
• Harald Rauchfuss (1945), German poet, psychiatrist
• Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen , German writer, doctor
• Emil Reiniger (1792–1849) German poet, doctor
• Carlos Vieira Reis (1935), Portuguese poet and narrator, surgeon
• Max Ring (1817–1901), German narrator, doctor
• Georg Ringsgwandl (1948), German narrator, cardiologist
• Jürgen Rogge (1940), German narrator, psychiatrist
• Angela Rohr (1890–1985), Austro-Soviet narrator, doctor
• Maximilian Rosenberg (1885–1969), German narrator and poet, psychiatrist
• Stepan Rudanskyj (1834–1873), Ukrainian poet, doctor
• Dirk-Alexander Rümelin (1962), German essayist, orthopedist

S.

• Johannes Salat (1498–1561), Swiss playwright, doctor
• Hugo Salus (1866–1929), Bohemian poet and storyteller, gynecologist
• Lydie Salvayre (1948), French storyteller, psychiatrist
• Hans-Christian Sarrazin (1914–2013), German poet, doctor
• Heinz Schauwecker (1894–1977), German playwright and narrator, doctor
• Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859–1922), German essayist, surgeon
• Heinrich von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen (1865–1955), Austrian writer, military doctor
• Georg Julius von Schultz (1808–1875), Baltic German poet, doctor
• Bodo Schütt (1906–1982), German poet, doctor
• Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011), Brazilian narrator, doctor
• Bruno Seidel (1530–1591), German poet, doctor
• Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa (1786–1813), German playwright, resident doctor
• Rupen Sevag (1885–1915) Ottoman-Armenian poet, doctor
• Şeyhi (1371–1431), Ottoman poet, doctor
• Siegfried von Sivers (1887–1956), Baltic German narrator, doctor
• Albert Richard Smith (1816–1860), English storyteller and playwright, doctor
• José Francisco Socarrás (1906 / 1907–1995) Colombian narrator, psychotherapist
• Wilhelm Stricker (1816–1891) German essayist, ophthalmologist
• Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907–1977), Swiss narrator, doctor
• Christian W. Schenk (1951), German-Romanian poet, essayist and translator, doctor

T

• Takano Sujū (1893–1976), Japanese poet, doctor
• Uwe Tellkamp (1968), German narrator, surgeon
• Karl Tiburtius (1834–1910), German narrator, military doctor
• Wilhelm Daughtermann (1912–1974), German poet, psychotherapist
• Bernhard Trittelvitz (1878–1969), German narrator, medical councilor
• Wilhelm Turteltaub (1816–1859), Austrian playwright, city physician

U

• Gerhard Uhlenbruck (1929), German poet, professor at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
• Hellmuth Unger (1891–1953), German narrator, ophthalmologist
• Johann Christoph Unzer (1747–1809), German playwright and narrator, doctor

V

• Joachim Vadian (1484–1551), Swiss poet and chronicler, doctor
• Johann Emanuel Veith (1787–1876), Austrian poet and essayist, professor at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
• Gerhard Vescovi (1922–1998), German narrator, radiologist
• Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971), Dutch poet and essayist, ship's doctor
• Monika Vogelgesang (1960), German narrator, psychiatrist
• Walter Vogt (1927–1988), Swiss narrator, psychiatrist
• Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963), Romanian playwright, doctor
• Franz Josef Vonbun (1824–1870), Austrian poet, resident doctor

W.

• Ferdinand Weber (1812–1860), German poet, professor of pathology at Kiel University
• Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813–1894), German poet, doctor
• Katrin Wehmeyer-Münzing (1945), German poet, specialist in psychosomatics
• Ernst Weiß (1882–1940), German narrator, surgeon
• Dietrich Weller (1945), German narrator, palliative medicine specialist
• Paul Gottlieb Werlhof (1699–1767) German poet, doctor
• Carl Anton Wetterbergh (1804–1889), Swedish narrator, military doctor
• Frank Weymann (1948–1997), German narrator, doctor
• Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953), German playwright, military doctor
• Moritz Wormser (1867–1940), German playwright, doctor

Y

• Augustus Young (1943), Irish poet, epidemiologist

Z

• Hermann Wolfgang Zahn (1924–1965), German narrator, psychiatrist
• Albert Zeller (1804–1877), German poet, psychiatrist