# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theodor-fontane
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:59:31.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theodor-fontane"
name: "Theodor Fontane"
slug: "theodor-fontane"
description: "Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known today, only at age 58 after a career as a journalist. Many of his novels delve into topics that were more or less taboo for discussion in the polite society of Fontane's day, including marital infidelity, class differences, urban vs. rural differences, abandonment of children, and suicide. His novels sold well during his lifetime and several have been adapted for film or audio works."
tagline: "German novelist and poet (1819–1898)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1819-12-30"
deathDate: "1898-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.373776670111239
  historical:           24.673596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump