Theodor Fontane(1819-1898)
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Theodor Fontane was born on the 30th of December 1819 in Neuruppin
(Germany) near Berlin, the son of a drugstore-owner. After learning
pharmacy and working in a drugstore he quit his job to become a
freelance journalist in Berlin. He was able to finance his living costs
with this job, was later promoted to a Dr.phil. at the university of
Berlin and died in this city on the 20th of September 1898. Theodor
Fontane is one of the best known authors of the literary "poetical
realism" in Germany. He wrote stories that should be realistic, true to
life, but also poetic. Among his most famous works are "Effi Briest",
the ultimate story of a fatal affair, and "Der Stechlin".
