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Biography

He was born in the

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. He was a member of the

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and the first president of the

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of Germany (1925–1932). He visited the United States in 1906 on the invitation of the Germanistic Society. A Jew, he was removed from his work by the Nazis in 1933. Fulda committed suicide in Berlin in 1939 when he was denied entry into the United States.

Works

Fulda's creations used the relationships of his characters to develop the social and political issues of his time. Fulda's works include ''Das verlorene Paradies'' (1892; translated as ''The Lost Paradise'', 1897), ''Der Talisman'' (1892), ''Jugendfreunde'' (1897) and ''Maskerade'' (1904). His novel ''Der Seeräuber'' was later freely adapted into the play ''The Pirate'' by

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. Fulda's 1901 play, ''Die Zwillingsschwester'' was adapted into the

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by Behrman and Salka Viertel of the American motion picture ''

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'' (1941) starring

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. Inspired by the story of

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, he wrote ''Aladdin und die Wunderlampe''. He also made numerous translations. ''Jugendfreunde'' was adapted in the United States into the 1912 play ''Our Wives'' by Helen Craft/Kraft and Frank Mandel.https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1912-10-20/ed-1/?sp=14&st=text&r=0.723,0.905,0.382,0.567,0 That play was adapted into the musical comedy '' The Only Girl'' by

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