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b. 1875
A German novelist of the early 20th century, she wrote popular fiction under her own name as well as the pseudonyms J. Held and Irma Stahl. Her work survives today through library records and digitized editions that offer a glimpse into the reading world of her time.

by Käte Lubowski
Born on December 24, 1875, Käte Lubowski was a German novelist. Reliable catalog and literary reference sources identify her as a writer of fiction and link her with the pseudonyms J. Held and Irma Stahl.
Her books were published in the early decades of the 20th century, and at least some of her work has remained accessible through later reprints and digitized collections, including Project Gutenberg. That continued availability suggests she had a place in the broad, once very active market for German popular novels.
Sources do not seem to preserve a widely known personal portrait or a richly documented public biography, so much of her life remains in the background. Even so, the surviving records point to a working author whose novels were part of everyday literary culture in German-speaking Europe.