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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.

Person · Open Library

Works
96

Top works

  • Das deutsche Militärstrafverfahren
  • Die Dritte Walpurgisnacht
  • Die vereinbarung über die zuständigkeit der Gerichte
  • Ausgewählte Gedichte
  • Demolirte Litteratur

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Austria
Active from
1874-04-28
Active to
1936-06-12
has german audiobooks

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
227
Total plays
2,048

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Karl+Kraus">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Karl Kraus

Quotes

  • 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.
  • There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.
  • What is the Ninth Symphony compared to a Tin Pan Alley hit played on a hurdy-gurdy and a memory?
  • Der Fortschritt feiert Pyrrhussiege über die Natur.
  • Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.
  • Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Karl Kraus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~23 min read

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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