Clara Steinitz (; 16 April 1852 – 1931) was a German

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ist, and translator from English, French,

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, and Norwegian. She was born to

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parents Bernhard and Pauline Klausner in

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, and was educated at Halle-on-the-Saale. In 1873 she married Siegfried Heinrich Steinitz, editor of ''Die Deutsche Presse'', with whom she moved to

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. Among Steinitz's novels were ''Des Volkes Tochter'' (1878), ''Die Hässliche'' (1884), ''Ihr Beruf'' (1886), ''Im Priesterhause'' (1890), ''Ring der Nibelungen'' (1893), and ''Irrlicht'' (1895). She also translated several novels from foreign languages, including

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's '' Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania'',

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's ''Les amours de Philippe'',

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's ''Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life'' and ''Under the Glacier'', and

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's ''Miss Ludington's Sister: A Romance of Immortality''.

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