Gert Hofmann
 Gert Hofmann (29 January 1931 – 1 July 1993) was a German writer and professor of German literature. Hofmann was born in Limbach Saxony (Germany) and died in Erding (near Munich).He grew up in his native Limbach. In 1948 he moved with his family to Leipzig. There he attended a school for translators studying English and Russian. In 1950 he enrolled to the University of Leipzig where he studied Romance languages and Slavic languages.