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An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.

Lion Feuchtwanger

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Lion Feuchtwanger
Age: 74 †
Born: 1884
Born: July 7
Died: 1958
Died: December 22
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