Beutler, Margarete (1876–1949)

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Beutler, Margarete (1876–1949)

German poet and playwright. Name variations: Margarethe or Margaretha Beutler. Born 1876 in Pomerania, Germany; died 1949.

Worked as an editor in Munich; studied medicine and became a gynecologist; poetry, which focuses on woman's position in society, includes Gedichte (1902); also wrote the play Das Lied des Todes (1911) and translated plays by Molière.