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I nominated and am definitely going to request Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Austrian writer, for Yuletide. I fear that my chances that someone is actually going to offer it are miniscule, but at least I'm having great fun re-reading his poems and doing some research. Here are some interesting resources about the homoerotic aspects of his friendships with Stefan George, Edgar Karg von Bebenburg and Georg von Franckenstein:

Hugo von Hofmannsthal in General

Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Stefan George

This English essay on George's and Hofmannsthal's relationship
German Wikipedia
Hugo von Hofmannsthal und Stefan George by Jens Rieckmann

Hvh and Stefan George first met in 1891, when HvH had just turned 18. I've collected the poems that George and Hofmannsthal wrote with each other in mind: ( Mostly German behind the cut )

Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Edgar Karg von Bebenburg

THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL AND EDGAR FREIHERR KARG VON BEBENBURG 1892–1905. TESTAMENT OF A YOUTHFUL FRIENDSHIP
In German, there's a variety of books covering the letters between the two

HvH and Edgar Karg von Bebenburg and met 1892, when HvH was about 18 and Bebenburg 20. ( Mostly German behind the cut ) And despite Bebenburg being his best friend at the time, HvH took six weeks to tell him about his engagement with Gerty Schlesinger...

Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Georg von Franckenstein

Franckenstein's Germen Wikipedia page
In German, there's a variety of books covering the letters between the two

They met when Franckenstein was 15 and HvH about 20. HvH says about Franckenstein that he was something very special and graceful ("etwas sehr besonderes und anmuthiges"), and tells him in a letter "[...] so warst Du mir vom ersten Augenblick an merwürdig und wichtig" ("from the first moment, you were to me remarkable and important"). ( Mostly German behind the cut )