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Clara Steinitz

1852 – 1931

German writer and translator

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Lived 1852 – 1931 (aged 78–79). Clara Steinitz was a novelist and translator.

Clara Steinitz (; 16 April 1852 – 1931) was a German novelist, feuilletonist, and translator from English, French, Italian, and Norwegian.

She was born to Jewish parents Bernhard and Pauline Klausner in Kobylin, Prussia, and was educated at Halle-on-the-Saale. In 1873 she married Siegfried Heinrich Steinitz, editor of Die Deutsche Presse, with whom she moved to Berlin.

Among Steinitz's novels were Des Volkes Tochter (1878), Die Hässliche (1884), Ihr Beruf (1886), Im Priesterhause (1890), Ring der Nibelungen (1893), and Irrlicht (1895). She also translated several novels from foreign languages, including Bayard Taylor's Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania, Octave Feuillet's Les amours de Philippe, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen's Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life and Under the Glacier, and Edward Bellamy's Miss Ludington's Sister: A Romance of Immortality.

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Died
1931
Also known as
Klara Steinitz, Clara Klausner, Klara Klausner, Hans Burdach

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Clara Steinitz?

German writer and translator

When was Clara Steinitz born?

Clara Steinitz was born on 16 April 1852 in Kobylin.

When did Clara Steinitz die?

Clara Steinitz died in 1931.

What was Clara Steinitz's occupation?

Clara Steinitz was a novelist and translator.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Clara Steinitz

· Wikidata: Q94762786

· DBpedia: Clara Steinitz

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