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Theodor Fontane

1819 - 1898

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Theodor Fontane (German pronunciation: [ˈtʰeːodoɐ̯ fɔnˈtaːnə] ; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known today, only at age 58 after a career as a journalist. Many of his novels delve into topics that were more or less taboo for discussion in the polite society of Fontane's day, including marital infidelity, class differences, urban vs. rural differences, abandonment of children, and suicide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Fontane is the 902nd most popular writer (down from 820th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Germany (down from 782nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Writer.

Theodor Fontane was a German poet and novelist who is most famous for his novel "Effi Briest".

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Among writers, Theodor Fontane ranks 902 out of 7,302. Before him are Radegund, Jean de La Bruyère, Hans Fallada, Maurice Druon, Neale Donald Walsch, and Dobrica Ćosić. After him are Ernest Thompson Seton, Pu Songling, Eleanor Marx, Wilkie Collins, Władysław Tarnowski, and Leconte de Lisle.

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Among people born in 1819, Theodor Fontane ranks 22. Before him are George Eliot, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Annibale de Gasparis, Stanisław Moniuszko, George V of Hanover, and William T. G. Morton. After him are Gottfried Keller, Cyrus West Field, Théodore Chassériau, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Johan Jongkind, and Allan Pinkerton. Among people deceased in 1898, Theodor Fontane ranks 18. Before him are Eugène Boudin, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Ferdinand Cohn, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Garnier, and Félicien Rops. After him are Eleanor Marx, John Newlands, Heungseon Daewongun, Henry Bessemer, Frances Willard, and Edward Burne-Jones.

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Among people born in Germany, Theodor Fontane ranks 898 out of 7,253. Before him are Harald Quandt (1921), Markus Wolf (1923), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Radegund (518), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), and Hans Fallada (1893). After him are Frederica of Baden (1781), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Hardy Krüger (1928), Albert O. Hirschman (1915), Udo Kier (1944), and Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Fontane ranks 53. Before him are Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Karl Harrer (1890), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Radegund (518), and Hans Fallada (1893). After him are Kurt Eisner (1867), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Hans Sachs (1494), Stefan George (1868), and Hrotsvitha (935).

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