Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936

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Name (Hebrew)
קראוס, קרל, 1874-1936
Name (Latin)
Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936
Date of birth
1874
Date of death
1936
Occupation
Actors
Journalists
Satirists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44300932
Wikidata: Q44328
Library of congress: n 79108035
Sources of Information
  • Deutsches Lit.-Lex., 1968(Kraus, Karl, b. 4-28-1874 in Jičin/Bohemia, d. 6-12-1936 in Vienna; actor, journalist; literary author, satirist)
  • Die letzten Tage der Menschlichkeit, 1992:t.p. (Karl Kraus) p. 269 (satirist; journalist and literary author; b. 6-4-1856; d. 12-30-1936)
  • His Heine und die folgen, c1910.
  • His Last days of mankind, 2015:dust jacket (The Austrian Jewish author Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was the foremost German-language satirist of the twentieth century. As editor of the journal Die Fackel (The Torch) he conducted a sustained critique of propaganda and the press, expressed through polemical essays, witty aphorisms, and resonant poems)
  • ספר: ציירי הנמרים, תשס"ח 2008.
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Wikipedia description:

Karl Kraus (Austrian German: [kraʊs]; 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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