WRITER

Karl Kraus

1874 - 1936

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Karl Kraus (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Kraus has received more than 47,618 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Karl Kraus is the 601st most popular writer (up from 612th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 66th in 2019) and the 12th 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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  • 65.57

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Sprache
1937
Sittlichkeit und Kriminalität
1963
Literatur und Lüge
1929
Die Chinesische Mauer
1918
Untergang der Welt durch schwarze Magie
1922
Weltgericht
Pharmacology
1919

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karl Kraus ranks 601 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Dreiser, John Donne, Madame de La Fayette, Hermann Broch, Napoleon Hill, and Lion Feuchtwanger. After him are Judah Halevi, Pierre Loti, Dimitrie Cantemir, Erich Kästner, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and John Irving.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Karl Kraus ranks 24. Before him are Sunjong of Korea, Nikolai Berdyaev, G. K. Chesterton, Talaat Pasha, W. Somerset Maugham, and August Krogh. After him are Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Ernest Shackleton, Konstantin Päts, Nicholas Roerich, Reinhold Glière, and Antanas Smetona. Among people deceased in 1936, Karl Kraus ranks 27. Before him are Premchand, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Louis Blériot, Buenaventura Durruti, Ottorino Respighi, and Hans von Seeckt. After him are Charles Nicolle, Andrija Mohorovičić, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Róbert Bárány, Moritz Schlick, and Robert E. Howard.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl Kraus ranks 67 out of 1,200. Before him are Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Franz Werfel (1890), Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787), Jan Masaryk (1886), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), and Jerome of Prague (1379). After him are Lída Baarová (1914), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Max Wertheimer (1880), and Karl Hermann Frank (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karl Kraus ranks 12. Before him are Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Franz Werfel (1890), and Jaroslav Seifert (1901). After him are Julius Fučík (1903), Jan Neruda (1834), Alfred Kubin (1877), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Cosmas of Prague (1045), and Josef Čapek (1887).

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