Maria Clara Isolde Kurz (21 December 1853 – 5 April 1944) was a German

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

writer. She was born at

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, the daughter of

Hermann Kurz Hermann Kurz (30 November 1813 – 10 October 1873) was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Reutlingen. Having studied at the theological seminary at Maulbronn and at the University of Tübingen, he became assistant pastor at Ehningen. H ...

. She is highly regarded among lyric poets in Germany with 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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* 1853 births 1944 deaths German poets German women short story writers German short story writers Writers from Stuttgart People from the Kingdom of Württemberg German women poets {{Germany-writer-stub