a Soul), was a best-seller and remains a spiritual classic Gustave Thibon Jules Verne – science-fiction writer Louis Veuillot 19th-century French Catholic journalist German language A–M Franz Xaver von Baader Hans Urs von Balthasar theologian; wrote literary criticism and biographies of the saints Heinrich Böll novelist Clemens Brentano German poet and novelist of Italian origins; leading figure in the Romantic movement; later withdrew to a monastery and acted as secretary to the visionary nun Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Hermann Broch convert; author of modernist novels, The Death of Virgil and The Sleepwalkers Paul-Henri Campbell, German-American poet, essayist, theologian, and religious tattoo expert Heinrich Seuse Denifle Austrian Dominican friar; historian and paleographer Alfred Döblin novelist; wrote the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz before he converted to Catholicism in 1941 Heimito von Doderer Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 19th-century poet; strict Catholic; many of her poems are religious Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff 19th-century poet and novelist Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz 20th- to 21st-century philosopher, scholar Ida Friederike Görres 20th-century writer Joseph Görres late-18th- and early-19th-century journalist and writer Günter Grass Romano Guardini Italian-born German theologian Theodor Haecker translator and writer; convert; opponent of the Nazis Karl Ludwig von Haller Dietrich von Hildebrand philosopher and theologian (wrote in both German and English); convert Hugo von Hofmannsthal late-19th- and early-20th-century Austrian poet and playwright; later plays revealed a growing interest in religious, and particularly Roman Catholic, themes Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950) Catholic writer; the Nazis deemed her "too Jewish"; admired by Pope Benedict XVI Gertrud von Le Fort convert Alexander Lernet-Holenia Martin Mosebach novelist, poet, playwright, and noted critic of the liturgical reforms which followed Vatican II Adam Müller N–Z Ludwig von Pastor historian; wrote multi-volume history of the popes Josef Pieper German Thomist philosopher Erich Maria Remarque Joseph Roth convert Max Scheler Friedrich von Schlegel convert Aloysius Schlör (1805–1852) – Austrian ascetic writer Carl Schmitt Angelus Silesius 17th-century convert to Catholicism from Lutheranism; became a priest and wrote religious poems, some of which became famous as hymns in the German-speaking world; some of his poetry seems to lean towards pantheism or quietism, but his prose works were orthodox, and the Catholic Encyclopedia says he repudiated any unorthodox interpretation of those poems Robert Spaemann philosopher Othmar Spann Friedrich von Spee 17th-century Jesuit priest and author of religious poetry Adrienne von Speyr Adalbert Stifter Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg late-18th- and early 19th-century poet; convert Blessed Henry Suso 14th-century Dominican friar; devotional