Clara Andersen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Clara Andersen

Danish playwright, novelist

Date of Birth: 13-May-1826

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1895

Profession: playwright, translator, novelist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Clara Elisabeth Andersen (1826–1895) was a Danish dramatist and novelist.
Thanks to the many plays she wrote, she became the most successful female Danish playwright of the 19th century.
Her Rosa og Rosita (1862) was performed more than a hundred times at the Royal Danish Theatre.
She remained unknown to the general public during her lifetime as her plays were written anonymously and her novels and short stories were published under the pen-name Paul Winther.