Kathinka Zitz-Halein

Kathinka Zitz (née Halein; November 4, 1801 – March 8, 1877) was a German poet, short story writer, journalist, translator and novelist who has been called "the poet laureate of the German Revolution". She wrote for the Mannheimer Abendzeitung, opposing censorship and calling for reform in marriage, divorce and guardianship laws. In the German revolutions of 1848–49 she founded and was first president of the Humania Association, the largest revolutionary women's organization. A prolific short story writer, in the 1860s she wrote fictionalized biographical novels of Goethe, Heine, Rahel Varnhagen and Byron.

Published works Kathinka Zitz-Halein's published works as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.

Translations: Marion der Lorme, 1833. Triboulet, oder der Königs Hofnarr, 1835. Cromwell, 1835.

Novels: Goethe, 1863. Heine, 1864. Rahel Varnhagen, 1864. Byron, 1867. Für einen übertreibenden Deutschthümler, 1991.

Children's books: Die jungen Helden. Ein Buch für Knaben, Mainz, J.Scholz, 1840.