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Clara Sudermann
1861–1924
A German novelist whose life connected several literary circles, she wrote fiction centered on relationships, family pressures, and the quiet turns of everyday life. Her surviving books still offer a glimpse of popular German storytelling from the early 20th century.
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An geöffneter Tür
by Clara Sudermann
Am Glück vorbei
by Clara Sudermann
About the author
Born Clara Schulz in Königsberg on February 14, 1861, she later became known as Clara Sudermann and also used the name Clara Lauckner. She was a German writer, and reference sources confirm her life dates as 1861–1924.
She is remembered in part for her connection to a literary family: she married the dramatist and novelist Hermann Sudermann, and her son from an earlier marriage was the writer Rolf Lauckner. Her known works include Am Glück vorbei and An geöffneter Tür, both of which remained available through later library and digital editions.
Clara Sudermann died in Berlin on October 17, 1924. While she is less widely read today than some of her contemporaries, her work still has value for readers interested in German fiction of the period and in the lives of women writers whose careers unfolded alongside better-known literary figures.