Lion Feuchtwanger
1884
-
1958
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Germany, German Empire, Weimar Republic, United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Humboldt University of Berlin, Wilhelmsgymnasium
occupation: writer, playwright, translator, journalist
award received: National Prize of East Germany, Literaturpreis der Stadt München
Lion Feuchtwanger (German: [ˈliːɔn ˈfɔʏçtˌvaŋɐ] (listen); 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht. Feuchtwanger's Judaism and fierce criticism of the Nazi Party, years before it assumed power, ensured that he would be a target of government-sponsored persecution after Adolf Hitler's appointment as chancellor of Germany in January 1933. Following a brief period of internment in France and a harrowing escape from Continental Europe, he found asylum in the United States, where he died in 1958. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Human - wd:Q77024