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der Dichter (-)
   poet, writer, author (m.)
die Dichterin (-nen)
   poet, poetess, writer, author, authoress (f.)

Der Club der toten Dichter (1989, Regie: Peter Weir)
Dead Poets Society (1989, director: Peter Weir)
Deutschland: das Land der Dichter und Denker.
Germany: The land of poets and philosophers ("thinkers").
"Worte sind des Dichters Waffen." - J.W. von Goethe, "Deutscher Parnass" (Gedicht)
"Words are [the] poet's weapons." - J.W. von Goethe, "The German Parnassus" (poem, William Gibson, transl.)

Related Words:
die Dichtung literature; fiction; poetry, verse
  Dichtung und Wahrheit poetry and truth, fact and fiction
das Gedicht poem
der Lyriker lyric poet
die Lyrik lyric poetry/verse

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