August Lafontaine
- Category : Writers-Fiction
- Type : PE
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Split - Small (28)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Tension 3
Biography
German novelist
The most popular in his lifetime, his works surpassing by far the popularity of his contemporary Goethe's.
He was the son of the court painter Ludolph Lafontaine and his fifth wife, the court maid-in-waiting Sophie Elisabeth Thorbrügge.
He wrote over 150 volumes, using the pseudonyms Gustav Freier, Miltenberg or Selchow.
August Lafontaine died on 20 April 1831.