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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 46,408 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Karl Kraus is the 613th most popular writer (down from 606th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 60th in 2019) and the 10th 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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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karl Kraus ranks 613 out of 5,755. Before him are Novatian, Alexander Herzen, Hermann Broch, Harry Martinson, Al-Zamakhshari, and Bai Juyi. After him are Ivan Krylov, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Maurice Blanchot, Sin Saimdang, and John Bunyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Karl Kraus ranks 29. Before him are Talaat Pasha, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Nicholas Roerich, August Krogh, Gustav Holst, and Konstantin Päts. After him are Antanas Smetona, Inessa Armand, Reinhold Glière, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Josef Suk, and Abbas II of Egypt. Among people deceased in 1936, Karl Kraus ranks 24. Before him are Grazia Deledda, Premchand, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Louis Blériot, Hans von Seeckt, and Ottorino Respighi. After him are Buenaventura Durruti, Róbert Bárány, Robert E. Howard, Andrija Mohorovičić, Elsa Einstein, and Anne Sullivan.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl Kraus ranks 66 out of 973. Before him are Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), Victor Lustig (1890), Franz Werfel (1890), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), George of Poděbrady (1420), and Peter Grünberg (1939). After him are Max Wertheimer (1880), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), František Kupka (1871), Věra Čáslavská (1942), Matthias Sindelar (1903), and Jerome of Prague (1379).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karl Kraus ranks 10. Before him are Karel Čapek (1890), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Milena Jesenská (1896), and Franz Werfel (1890). After him are Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Julius Fučík (1903), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Jan Neruda (1834), Cosmas of Prague (1045), and Alfred Kubin (1877).

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