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- Philipp Galen, actually Philipp Lange (1813–1899)
- Ludwig Ganghofer (1855–1920)
- Peter Gast (1854–1918)
- Emanuel Geibel (1815–1884)
- Arno Geiger (born 1968)
- Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715–1769)
- Wilhelm Genazino (born 1943)
- Stefan George (1868–1933)
- Paul Gerhardt (1602–1676)
- Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006)
- Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816–1872)
- Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737–1823)
- Kerstin Gier (born 1966)
- Johannes Gilhoff (1861–1930)
- Franz Karl Ginzkey (1871–1963)
- Johann Rudolph Glauber (1604–1670)
- Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938)
- Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719–1803)
- Albrecht Goes (1908–2000)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
- Rainald Goetz (born 1954)
- Melchior Goldast (1578–1635)
- Claire Goll (1891–1977)
- Yvan Goll (1891–1950)
- Bogumil Goltz (1801–1870)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746–1797)
- Gottfried von Straßburg (died c. 1210)
- Jeremias Gotthelf, actually Albert Bitzius (1797–1854)
- Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766)
- Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781)
- Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836)
- Oskar Maria Graf (1894–1967)
- Günter Grass (born 1927)
- Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821–1891)
- Felix Paul Greve (1879–1948)
- Friedrich Griese (1890–1975)
- Franz Stephan Griese (1889–?)
- Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
- Jacob Grimm (1785–1863)
- Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859)
- Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621–1676)
- Hans Gross (1893–1981)
- Klaus Groth (1819–1899)
- Anastasius Grün, actually Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876)
- Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664)
- Martin Grzimek (born 1950)
- Martin Gumpert (1897–1955)
- Johann Christian Günther (1659–1723)
- Albert Paris Gütersloh, actually Albert Conrad Kiehtreiber (1887–1973)
- Karl Gutzkow (1811–1878)
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