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Karl Kraus was an Austrian male author whose professional career began in 1897. He was born on April 28, 1874, and died on June 12, 1936. Kraus is associated with German audiobooks and has been referenced by 379 other encyclopedia articles.
His literary output includes works such as *Das deutsche Militärstrafverfahren*, *Die Dritte Walpurgisnacht*, *Die vereinbarung über die zuständigkeit der Gerichte*, *Ausgewählte Gedichte*, and *Demolirte Litteratur*. Open Library lists 96 works attributed to him, while Crossref records five and Europeana Sparql records four. Kraus also contributed quotes to Wikiquote, including statements on beauty, art, and culture.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Family name
- Kraus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Jičín
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Die Fackel
- Genre
- satire
- Image
- Karl Kraus.jpg
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Karl Kraus
- date of birth
- 1874-03-28
- date of death
- 1936-06-12
- name in native language
- Karl Kraus
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1897-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Karl Kraus
- P8168
- Tomaž Humar
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Karl Kraus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karl Kraus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.