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- Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906)
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895)
- Hans Sachs (1494–1576)
- Nelly Sachs (1891–1970)
- Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972)
- Felix Salten, actually Siegmund Salzmann (1869–1945)
- Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744–1811)
- Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894)
- Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944)
- Paul Schallück (1922–1976)
- Rafik Schami (born 1946)
- Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915)
- Leopold Schefer (1784–1862)
- Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886)
- Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)
- Johannes Scherr (1817–1886)
- Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812)
- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
- Roland Schimmelpfennig (born 1967)
- Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974)
- Johannes Schlaf (1862–1941)
- August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845)
- Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829)
- Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749)
- Bernhard Schlink (born 1944)
- Arno Schmidt (1914–1979)
- Elke Schmitter (born 1961)
- Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849)
- Louis Schneider (1805–1878)
- Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958)
- Robert Schneider (born 1961)
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931)
- Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–1989)
- Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838)
- Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744–1816)
- Rainer M. Schröder (born 1951)
- Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791)
- Levin Schücking (1814–1883)
- Tony Schumacher (1848–1931)
- Gustav Schwab (1792–1850)
- Werner Schwab (1958–1994)
- Achim Schwarze (born 1958)
- Alice Schwarzer (born 1942)
- Franz Schuh (born 1947)
- Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948)
- Charles Sealsfield, actually Karl Anton Postl (1793–1864)
- W. G. Sebald (1944–2001)
- Anna Seghers, actually Netty Radvanyi (1900–1983)
- Franz Seldte (1882–1947)
- Gerd Semmer (1919–1967)
- Walter Serner (1889–1942)
- Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810)
- Heinrich Seuse (c. 1300–1366)
- Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964)
- Johannes Mario Simmel (born 1924)
- Karl Simrock (1802–1876)
- Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)
- Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948)
- Joseph von Sonnenfels (1733–1817)
- Jura Soyfer (1912–1939)
- Manès Sperber (1905–1984)
- Hilde Spiel (1911–1990)
- Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911)
- Carl Spitteler (1845–1924)
- Johanna Spyri (1827–1901)
- Arnold Stadler (born 1954)
- Albert Steffen (1884–1963)
- Angela Steinmüller (born 1941)
- Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950)
- Adolf Stern, actually Adolf Ernst (1835–1907)
- Fritz Steuben, actually Erhard Wittek (1898–1981)
- Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868)
- Julius Stinde (1841–1905)
- Max Stirner (1806–1856)
- Helene Stöcker (1869–1943)
- Christian zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821)
- Theodor Storm (1817–1888)
- August Stramm (1874–1915)
- Botho Strauß (born 1944)
- Erwin Strittmatter (1912-1994)
- Eva Strittmatter (1930-2011)
- Antje Rávic Strubel (born 1974)
- Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre (born 1975)
- Julius Sturm (1816–1896)
- Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928)
- Patrick Süskind (born 1949)
- Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind (1901–1970)
- Süßkind von Trimberg (1230–1300)
- Martin Suter (born 1948)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914)
- Leonie Swann (born 1975)
- Carmen Sylva, actually Elisabeth Queen of Romania (1843–1916)
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