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- Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816–1877)
- Erich Hackl (born 1954)
- Peter Hacks (1928–2003)
- Sebastian Haffner (1907–1999)
- Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708–1754)
- Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777)
- Friedrich Halm, actually Eligius von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806–1871)
- Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788)
- Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856)
- Peter Handke (born 1942)
- Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1923)
- Thea von Harbou (1888–1954)
- Ernst Hardt, actually Ernst Stöckhardt (1876–1947)
- Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658)
- Otto Erich Hartleben (1864–1905)
- Peter Härtling (born 1933)
- Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872)
- Petra Hartmann (born 1970)
- Hartmann von Aue (c. 1170 – c. 1220)
- Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940)
- Wilhelm Hasenclever (1837–1889)
- Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827)
- Eberhard Werner Happel (1647-1690)
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946)
- Richard Hauptmann (1908–1970)
- Otto Hauser (1876–1944)
- Albrecht Haushofer (1903–1945)
- Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970)
- Raoul Hausmann (1886–1971)
- Adolf Hausrath, pseudonym George Taylor (1837–1909)
- Julius Hay (1900–1975)
- Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863)
- Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826)
- Friedrich Heer (1916–1983)
- Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)
- Helme Heine (born 1941)
- Willi Heinrich (1920–2005)
- Heinrich von Morungen (c. 1200–1222)
- Heinrich von Mügeln (c. 1319 – c. 1380)
- Heinrich von Veldeke (c. 1150–1190/1200)
- Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996)
- Kurt Held, actually Kurt Kläber (1897–1959)
- Kerstin Hensel (born 1961)
- Luise Hensel (1798–1876)
- Wilhelm Herchenbach (1818–1889)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803)
- Judith Hermann (born 1970)
- Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997)
- Georg Herwegh (1817–1875)
- Theodor Herzl (1860–1904)
- Wilhelm Herzog (1884–1960)
- Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)
- Helius Eobanus Hessus, actually Eoban Koch (1488–1540)
- Georg Heym (1887–1912)
- Stefan Heym, actually Hellmuth Flieg (1913–2001)
- Paul Heyse (1830–1914)
- Wolfgang Hilbig (1941–2007)
- Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
- Kurt Hiller (1885–1972)
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741–1796)
- Rolf Hochhuth (born 1931)
- Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986)
- Jakob van Hoddis, actually Hans Davidsohn (1887–1942)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894)
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874)
- Gert Hofmann (1931–1993)
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929)
- Robert Hohlbaum (1886–1955)
- Franz Hohler (born 1943)
- Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843)
- Karl von Holtei (1798–1880)
- Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997)
- Arno Holz (1863–1929)
- Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748–1776)
- Barbara Honigmann (born 1949)
- Hans von Hopfen, actually Hans Mayer (1835–1904)
- Ödön von Horvath (1901–1938)
- Hrabanus Maurus (c. 780 – 856)
- Ricarda Huch (1864–1947)
- Peter Huchel (1903–1981)
- Norbert Hummelt (born 1962)
- Christian Friedrich Hunold (1681–1721)
- Thomas Hürlimann (born 1950)
- Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005)
- Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523)
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