Clara Sudermann

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Burial place of the Sudermanns . The bust shows Hera , protector of women. She comes from the Schlosspark Blankensee and was one of the favorite characters of Clara, who was the first to die.

Clara Sudermann (born February 14, 1861 in Königsberg as Clara Schulz, widowed Lauckner, † October 17, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German writer .

Life

In 1885 Clara Schulz married the hydraulic engineering director Wilhelm Lauckner, who died after only four years of marriage. In 1891, she married the East Prussian playwright Hermann Sudermann , who in 1927 described his own wife as the main character in the work The wife of Steffen Tromhold .

Clara brought three children into the marriage and had a daughter, Hede, with Sudermann. In 1902, the writer couple moved from Berlin to the castle-like and representative Brandenburger Landgut Blankensee on the Nieplitz river south of the capital. Clara Sudermann is buried in the Grunewald cemetery. Hermann Sudermann, her son, the writer Rolf Lauckner and his wife, the illustrator Elfriede Lauckner , later found their final resting place in the common grave site .

Works (selection)

  • Lethe . Berlin 1889.
  • My star . Novella. 1891.
  • The winner . Novel. 1896.
  • At the open door . Collection of novels. F. Lehmann, Berlin 1913.
  • Passing luck . Novel. Langenscheid, Berlin 1920.

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personal data
SURNAME Sudermann, Clara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulz, Clara (maiden name); Lauckner, Clara (married)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1924
Place of death Berlin