Dictionary of Jewish Biography

FEUCHTWANGER, LION

Feuchtwanger, Lion: translation

(1884-1958)
German historical novelist. He was born in Munich. He wrote plays as a young man and in 1926 his novelJud Susswas published. Eventually he settled in the US. His novelThe Oppermannsdeals with a German Jewish family during the rise of Nazism. He also wrote a historical trilogy on the life ofJosephus.

  1. feuchtwanger, lion—Feuchtwanger Lion translation novelist his best work treated the problem of being Jewish in a nonJewish world. Born to an Orthodox family in Munich he studied philosophy ...Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik