German author

Writer from Deutschland

A German author is a writer from Germany or one who writes in German.

The phrase appears constantly in biographical contexts: Goethe, the German author of Faust, German author Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize.

It functions as a standard identifying label rather than a fixed compound.

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nationality

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Writer from Britain

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creative role

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Music writer from Deutschland

Family

German, Germans, Germanic, Germany, author, authors, authorship, authored, authoring

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G