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- Simon Dach (1605–1659)
- Felix Dahn (1834–1912)
- Erich von Däniken (born 1935)
- Jason Dark (born 1945)
- Clark Darlton, actually Walter Ernsting (1920–2005)
- Max Dauthendey (1867–1918)
- Henriette Davidis (1801–1876)
- Franz Josef Degenhardt (born 1931)
- Richard Dehmel (1863–1920)
- Michael Denis (1729–1800)
- Lorenz Diefenbach (1806–1883)
- Dietmar von Aist (1140–1171)
- Franz von Dingelstedt (1814–1881)
- Artur Dinter (1876–1948)
- Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
- Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966)
- Hilde Domin, actually Hilde Palm (1909–2006)
- Hans Dominik (1872–1945)
- Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002)
- Doris Dörrie (born 1955)
- Tankred Dorst (born 1925)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
- Slatan Dudow (1903–1963)
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
- Karen Duve (born 1961)
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