12018-07-26T20:23:56-07:00Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña6beb73a90c38e77367b9737ee8e808917759a78e310407plain2020-08-04T11:33:05-07:00Gitschin, Bohemia (Czech Republic)April 28, 1874June 12, 1936148Vienna, AustriaIsabella Buzynski4c5090420af98824ad786b6dac1f314b9e9f95a8Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet. Of Jewish parentage, Kraus attended the University of Vienna but abandoned his studies to earn his living as a writer. Kraus never became associated with a particular literary movement, and criticized the literary groups that gathered in Vienna cafés in his pamphlets.