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Gertrud Ingeborg Klett
1871–1917
A German writer and literary translator, Gertrud Ingeborg Klett created poetry and children’s books while introducing fiction from Scandinavia and Britain to German readers. Her work includes the beloved children’s title Weißt du wieviel Sternlein stehen? and translations of authors such as Knut Hamsun and Gustaf af Geijerstam.
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Weißt Du wieviel Sternlein stehen?
by Gertrud Ingeborg Klett
About the author
Gertrud Ingeborg Klett was born on July 4, 1871, in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and later lived in Stuttgart, Calw, and Munich. Little is known about her education, but she wrote poems and texts for illustrated books, including Aus jungen Tagen, Waldnacht, and Der Teddy-Bär und seine Freunde.
Klett was also a literary translator who worked from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and English into German. Her translated authors included Gustaf af Geijerstam, Knut Hamsun, Johannes V. Jensen, and H. G. Wells. She died in Munich on June 16, 1917, shortly before her 46th birthday.