Richard David Precht, German philosopher and author
Ulrike Draesner, German author and poet
Jesús Carrasco, Spanish author
Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir, Icelandic author and poet
Emanuele Coccia, Italian author and philosopher
Ned Beauman, British writer and journalist
Max Goldt, German author and musician
Dana Grigorcea, Swiss-Rumanian author
Sven Hillenkamp, German philosopher and author living in Sweden
Aris Fioretos, Swedish author
Laura de Weck, Swiss actress, author and stage director
Joshua Ferris, American author
Marjana Gaponenko, Ucranian author
Karen Duve, German author
Mahmoud Doulatabadi, Iranian author and actor
Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Icelandic author
María José Ferrada, Chilean journalist and author
Nikita Gill, British-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator
Martin Suter, Swiss author
Zeruya Shalev, Israeli author
Max Czollek, German author and poet
Jan Schomburg, German film director, script writer and author
Petra Reski, German journalist, mafia specialist
Iris Wolff, German author
Monika Helfer, Austrian author
Sadie Jones, British author
Eckhart Nickel, German author and journalist
Hallgrímur Helgason, Icelandic author and painter
Helene Hegemann, German author
Miljenko Jergović, Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Croatian author and poet
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, German-American romanist, literary scholar, publicist and author.
Nino Haratischwili, Georgian-German theater director, playwright and novelist
Verena Güntner, German actress and author
Peter Wawerzinek, German author
John Green, American author, video blogger, film producer and podcaster
Barbara Honigmann, German author
Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author
Rasha Khayat, Saudi-Arabic-German translator and writer
Lea Draeger, German actress, author and artist
Karen Köhler, German author, wearing her bear costume
Hiromi Ito, Japanese poet and writer
Marion Poschmann, German author and poet
Liu Cixin, Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer
Nell Zink, American author and media scientist
Daniela Krien, German author
Josephine Klougart, Danish author
Olga Grjasnowa, German author
Rachel Khan, French actress, writer and jurist
Karen Köhler, German author
Sasha Marianna Salzmann, non-binary German playwright, essayist, curator and novelist
Sofi Oksanen, Finnish-Estonian writer and dramaturge
Boris Pahor (1913-1922), writer of the Slovenian minority in Italy and concentration camp survivor
Tony O'Neill, British author and musician
Leila Slimani, French-Moroccan author and journalist
Tony O'Neill, British author and musician
Katharina Winkler, Austrian author
Mauri Antero Numminen, Finnish singer, composer, entertainer, author and filmmaker
James Salter (1925-2015), American author
Mo Yan, Chinese author and nobel laureate
David Wagner, German author
Eva Menasse, Austrian author
John Wray, American-Austrian author
Johann Scheerer, German author, musician and music producer
Simone Lappert, Swiss author
Thomas Kunst, German author and poet
Albert Ostermaier, German author and poet
Sabine Kray, German author and translator
Sabine Gruber, South Tyrolean author and poet
Rasha Khayat, Saudi-Arabic-German translator and author
Zoë Beck , German author, publisher, translator and dubbing director
Hannah Dübgen, German dramaturge, playwright and author
Lize Spit, Belgian writer in Flemish
Teresa Präauer, Austrian author and visual artist
Kjell Westö, Finnish-Swedish author