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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Karl_Kraus_(writer)Karl Kraus (writer) - Wikipedia

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   Karl Kraus (28 April 1874 – 12 June 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics.

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   Apr 24, 2024 · Karl Kraus (born April 28, 1874, Gitschin, Bohemia [now Jičín, Czech Republic]—died June 12, 1936, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet who has been compared with Juvenal and Jonathan Swift for his satiric vision and command of language. In German literature, he ranks as an outstanding writer of the ...

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   Died. June 12, 1936. Genre. Nonfiction, Humor and Comedy, Poetry. edit data. Karl Kraus was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He is considered the first major European satirist since Jonathan Swift. He directed his satire to the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics.

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   • Death Date: June 12, 1936

   • Birth Date: April 28, 1874

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6. www.encyclopedia.com › karl-krausKarl Kraus | Encyclopedia.com

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   May 11, 2018 · KRAUS, KARL (1874-1936) Karl Kraus, an Austrian writer, was born April 28, 1874, in Bohemia and died in Vienna on July 12, 1936. He was the ninth child of the businessman and manufacturer Jakob Krauss and his wife Ernestine. The family moved to Vienna in 1877. Kraus became interested in the theater while still quite young.

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   Karl Kraus was born on April 28, 1874 in Gitschin, Bohemia (modern Jicin, Czech Republic), then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The son of Jakob Kraus, a wealthy Jewish papermaker and businessman, and his wife Ernestine Kantor, Karl moved with his family to Vienna in 1877. He began to study law at the University of Vienna in 1892, but ...

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   May 29, 2024 · Quotes. Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Everyone is stopped and waiting, maitre d's, hansom cab drivers and governments. Everyone's waiting for the end. Let's hope the apocalypse is pleasant, Your Highness. Statement of 1899, as quoted in Jahrhundertwende 1900 ...

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   Who was Karl Kraus?

   • Karl Kraus (28 April 1874 – 12 June 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

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   How many books did Karl Kraus write?

   • Kraus’s Werke were published in 14 volumes (1952–66). This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Karl Kraus was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet who has been compared with Juvenal and Jonathan Swift for his satiric vision and command of language.

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   How did Karl Kraus Die?

   • He died in Vienna four months later on June 12, 1936, from a stroke and heart failure. The Kraus Collection consists primarily of materials written about Karl Kraus, with few items by him. In total only three items can be attributed definitively to Kraus, and one unsigned letter from 1910 may be by Kraus.

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   When was Kraus first read?

   • In 1910 the first reading of Kraus's work was held in Berlin. This was followed by approximately seven hundred other readings in different European cities, where the work of other authors was read — William Shakespeare, Johann Nestroy, Frank Wedekind, Jacques Offenbach — some of which had been translated and adapted by Kraus.

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10. www.theguardian.com › culture › 1999The Last Days of Mankind | Culture | The Guardian

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    Dec 13, 1999 · Anne Karpf. Sun 12 Dec 1999 20.17 EST. R evered by prewar European intellectuals, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was one of the most influential writers of the century. His magazine, Die Fackel ...