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Fontane (German) [fɔnˈtaːnə]

(Biographies / Fontane, Theodor (1819-1898) M, German, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: journalist) Theodor (ˈteodoːr). 1819-98, German novelist and journalist; his novels include Vor dem Sturm (1878) and Effi Briest (1898)

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