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Feuchtwanger

American  
[foikht-vahng-uhr] / ˈfɔɪxtˌvɑŋ ər /

noun

  1. Lion 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.


Feuchtwanger British  
/ ˈfɔɪçtvaŋər /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

He easily reels off a list of the last dozen books or so he’s read, including “Sons and Daughters” by Chaim Grade, “The Oppermanns” by Lion Feuchtwanger and Lawrence Wright’s novel “The Human Scale.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 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

Lloyd lit up when I asked him about those who did make it out: Brecht, Schoenberg, Feuchtwanger, and the other émigrés.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2015

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