Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) was born in Neuruppin, Brandenburg, to a family of Huguenot descent. He trained as a pharmacist before turning to journalism and literature, working for decades as a war correspondent, travel writer, theater critic, and newspaper editor. His literary career developed slowly; he did not publish his first novel until he was nearly sixty, having spent his earlier years writing ballads, travel books about the Brandenburg countryside, and accounts of Prussia's wars. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Effi Briest.