What is the meaning of 氏談

Question

I have 2 questions related to the following sentence :

のみならず、新聞記者を相手に、ほらを吹いたり、自分の話が何々氏談などとして、新聞に載せられたりすることは、おとなげないとは思いながら、誰しも悪い気持はしないものである。

1. How to use 何々 as a pronoun ? What role does it play in this sentence ?
2. What's the meaning of 氏談 ? Is it a noun ? I can't find any clear entry about it on Google or on jisho.org.

Answer 1

1. How to use 何々 as a pronoun ? What role does it play in this sentence?

[何々]{なになに} is a placeholder for an unknown word, like "so-and-so" or "blah-blah".

2. What's the meaning of 氏談 ? Is it a noun ? I can't find any clear entry about it on Google or on jisho.org.

～[氏]{し} is a suffix "Mr/Ms~~". XX[談]{だん} is another suffix meaning "talked by XX" "XX said".

自分の話が何々氏談などとして、新聞に載せられたりする...

One's story is put in the newspaper, as "Mr. So-and-so said"...