Author: Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane was born on December 30, 1819, in Neuruppin, Brandenburg. After a four-year apprenticeship, he worked as an assistant pharmacist in various cities and obtained his license as a first-class pharmacist in 1847. In 1849, he left the profession, established himself as a journalist and freelance writer, and married Emilie Rouanet-Kummer in 1850. From 1855 to early 1858, he lived in London, among other roles as a press agent for the Prussian envoy. Between 1862 and 1882, he published "Wanderings through the Mark Brandenburg." In addition to his extensive work as a war correspondent and travel writer, Fontane was a theater critic for the Vossische Zeitung for two decades. He made his debut as a novelist at the age of 60. His first novel, "Before the Storm" (1878), was followed in quick succession by his famous novels and stories, as well as the two memoirs "My Childhood Years" and "From Twenty to Thirty." Fontane died on September 20, 1898, in Berlin.