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Karl Kraus

1874 - 1936

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Kraus is the 656th most popular writer (down from 600th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 67th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Czech Writer.

Karl Kraus is most famous for his satirical writings in which he criticizes the society of his time.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karl Kraus ranks 656 out of 7,302. Before him are Jon Fosse, Alexander Pope, Irène Némirovsky, Jacob L. Moreno, Vicente Aleixandre, and Bruno Schulz. After him are Émile Verhaeren, Giacomo Leopardi, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Francesca da Rimini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Karl Kraus ranks 33. Before him are Hugo von Hofmannsthal, D. F. Malan, Konstantin Päts, Antanas Smetona, Nicholas Roerich, and Abbas II of Egypt. After him are Gustav Holst, Reinhold Glière, Josef Suk, Inessa Armand, Luigi Einaudi, and Vsevolod Meyerhold. Among people deceased in 1936, Karl Kraus ranks 27. Before him are Albert Fish, Ottorino Respighi, Louis Blériot, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Hans von Seeckt, and Elsa Einstein. After him are Premchand, Buenaventura Durruti, Andrija Mohorovičić, Moritz Schlick, Antoine Meillet, and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl Kraus ranks 77 out of 1,200. Before him are Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Lída Baarová (1914), Jerome of Prague (1379), Franz Werfel (1890), Martina Navratilova (1956), and Jan Masaryk (1886). After him are Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Jobst of Moravia (1351), and Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karl Kraus ranks 11. Before him are Karel Čapek (1890), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), and Franz Werfel (1890). After him are Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Julius Fučík (1903), Jan Neruda (1834), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Alfred Kubin (1877), and Cosmas of Prague (1045).

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