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Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
Elfriede Jelinek
Austrian playwright and novelist
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
Imre Kertész
Hungarian author (1929–2016)
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)

Joseph Roth
Austrian novelist and journalist (1894–1939)

Alfred Döblin
German expressionist novelist (1878–1957)
Anna Seghers
German writer (1900–1983)
Felix Salten
Austro-Hungarian author and critic in Vienna (1869–1945)
Vasily Grossman
Russian Soviet writer and journalist (1905-1964)
Nathalie Sarraute
French lawyer and writer
Irène Némirovsky
French novelist (1903–1942)

Arnold Zweig
German writer (1887-1968)

Elsa Triolet
Russian-French writer (1896–1970)

Berthold Auerbach
German author (1812–1882)

Ivan Klíma
Czech playwright, author, publicist, and university educator
György Konrád
Hungarian novelist (1933–2019)
Stefan Heym
German writer (1913-2001)

Leo Perutz
Austrian mathematician and writer (1882-1957)

Anatoly Rybakov
Soviet and Russian writer (1911–1998)

Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
Mirjam Pressler
German writer and translator (1940–2019)
Milán Füst
Hungarian writer (1888–1967)
Bruno Frank
German author, poet, dramatist, and humanist (1887–1945)
André Schwarz-Bart
French writer (1928–2006)
Lev Nussimbaum
German-language writer of the Jewish origion (1905–1942)
Mihail Sebastian
Romanian writer (1907–1945)
Sabina Berman Goldberg
Mexican poet, playwright and film director
David Baddiel
British comedian
Jean-Richard Bloch
French critic, novelist and playwright (1884-1947)
György Dalos
Hungarian writer and translator
Anna Mitgutsch
Austrian translator and writer
Adolf Rudnicki
Polish author (1912–1990)
David Vogel
Jewish writer (1891-1944)
Angel Wagenstein
Bulgarian film director (1922–2023)
Abraham Mapu
Hebrew novelist (1808–1867)
Max Blecher
Romanian writer (1909-1938)
Marek Halter
Polish and French novelist
Esther Kreitman
(1891-1954) Jewish writer
Jiří Weil
Czech publicist, translator and bookwriter (1900–1959)
Armand Lunel
French writer born in Occitania
Marga Minco
Dutch journalist and writer (1920–2023)
Sergiu Dan
Romanian writer (1903-1976)
Eugen Relgis
Romanian academic (1895-1987)
Grigory Adamov
Soviet writer (1886–1945)
Felix Aderca
Romanian writer (1891-1962)
Peretz Smolenskin
Jewish writer and publicist (1842-1885)
Yishai Sarid
Israeli writer and lawyer
Paul Kornfeld
playwright (1889–1942)
Ignác Acsády
(1845–1906) historian
Albert Drach
Austrian writer (1902-1995)

Richard Weiner
Czech poet and publicist (1884-1937)
Nahum Meir Schaikewitz
Yiddish writer (1849–1905)
Elissa Rhaïs
Algerian salon-holder
Hermann Ungar
Slovak diplomat (1893–1929)
Marianna Salzmann
German writer
Rodion Markovits
(1884–1948) writer
Philippe Blasband
Belgian writer, playwright, director and screenwriter