Original: Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 â "20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.
Simplified: Theodor Fontane (; December 30, 1819 â "September 20, 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many to be the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.