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- Oskar Panizza (1853–1921)
- Harald Parigger (born 1953)
- Jean Paul, actually Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825)
- Erica Pedretti (born 1930)
- Annette Pehnt (born 1967)
- Ulrich Peltzer (born 1956)
- Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955)
- Leo Perutz (1882–1957)
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827)
- Jan Petersen, actually Hans Schwalm (1906–1969)
- Julius Petri (1868–1894)
- Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894)
- Karl Philberth (born 1929)
- Karoline Pichler (1769–1843)
- Heinz Piontek (1925–2003)
- Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530)
- August Graf von Platen, actually August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835)
- Ulrich Plenzdorf (born 1934)
- Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872)
- Johannes Praetorius, actually Hans Schulz (1630–1680)
- Paula von Preradović (1887–1951)
- Otfried Preußler (born 1923)
- Robert Prutz (1816–1872)
- Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927)
- Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871)
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