About Isolde Kurz
Lived 1853 – 1944 (aged 90). Isolde Kurz was a poet, writer and translator.
Maria Clara Isolde Kurz (21 December 1853 – 5 April 1944) was a German poet and short story writer.
She was born in Stuttgart, the daughter of Hermann Kurz. She is highly regarded among lyric poets in Germany for her Gedichte (Stuttgart, 1888) and Neue Gedichte (1903). Her short stories, Florentiner Novellen (1890, 2nd ed. 1893), Phantasien und Märchen (1890), Italienische Erzählungen (1895) and Von Dazumal (1900) are distinguished by a fine sense of form and clear-cut style.
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Who was Isolde Kurz?
German poet (1853–1944)
When was Isolde Kurz born?
Isolde Kurz was born on 21 December 1853 in Stuttgart.
When did Isolde Kurz die?
Isolde Kurz died on 5 April 1944 in Tübingen.
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Isolde Kurz was a poet, writer and translator.
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Isolde Kurz's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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