author
Clara Viebig
1860–1952
A leading German novelist of the naturalist era, she wrote vivid, socially aware fiction rooted in the Eifel, Moselle, and Berlin. Her stories are especially remembered for their sharp eye for everyday life and for the lives of working women and rural communities.
8 Audiobooks
The Son of His Mother
by Clara Viebig
Das Weiberdorf
by Clara Viebig
Absolution
by Clara Viebig
Hekuban tyttäret: Romaani
by Clara Viebig
Das Kreuz im Venn : Roman
by Clara Viebig
Einer Mutter Sohn
by Clara Viebig
Ennen päivänkoittoa
by Clara Viebig
Die Wacht am Rhein : Roman
by Clara Viebig
About the author
Born in Trier on July 17, 1860, Clara Viebig became one of the notable German writers associated with naturalism. She grew up in the Rhineland and drew deeply on places she knew well, especially the Eifel and Moselle regions, which became lasting settings in her fiction.
Viebig wrote novels, short stories, journalism, and plays, building a reputation for realistic, socially observant work. She is often praised for her sympathetic portrayals of ordinary people, including working-class women, and for books such as Das Weiberdorf and Das tägliche Brot.
She was married to the publisher Friedrich Theodor Cohn and lived through enormous political and social change, dying in Berlin on July 31, 1952. Today she remains an important voice in German-language literature, valued for bringing regional life and social tensions vividly onto the page.