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Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus

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Also known as Karel Kraus

Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936)

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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
Languages spoken
German
Notable work
Die Fackel
Genre
satire
Image
Karl Kraus.jpg
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Commons category
Karl Kraus
date of birth
1874-03-28
date of death
1936-06-12
name in native language
Karl Kraus
writing language
German
start of work period
1897-00-00
Commons Creator page
Karl Kraus
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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.

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