Johann Gottfried Herder
Other similar almanacs were less successful, including Friedrich Schiller's "Anthologie" (1782) which only appeared once. His second attempt was "Musen-Almanach" (1796–1800) which is the most famous example in the entire genre, because of the contributors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Gottfried Herder, Ludwig Tieck, Friedrich Hölderlin and August Wilhelm Schlegel.