Feuchtwanger

American

[foikht-vahng-uhr] / ˈfɔɪxtˌvɑŋ ər /

noun

Lion 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.

Feuchtwanger British

/ ˈfɔɪçtvaŋər /

noun

Lion (ˈliːɔn). 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist, lived in the US (1940–58): noted for his historical novels, including Die hässliche Herzogin (1923) and Jud Süss (1925)

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“The Oppermanns,” by Lion Feuchtwanger, has enjoyed a resurgence given our current politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

She especially thought of Feuchtwanger, who refused to succumb to despair after losing homes in Germany and France to the Nazis and then building a new life in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

What ensues may remind you of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: Paddington progressively ruins every room of Peter R. Feuchtwanger and David Goldstein’s ingenious two-level set.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2019

Feuchtwanger also received the Order of Merit from Germany in 2003.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2018

L. Feuchtwanger: "Geschichte der sozialen Politik und des Armenwesens im Zeitalter der Reformation."

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

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