12018-07-26T20:24:19-07:00Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña6beb73a90c38e77367b9737ee8e808917759a78e310404plain2020-08-04T14:43:37-07:00Lovasberény, HungaryFebruary 8, 1795September 5, 1858163Baden bei Wien, AustriaIsabella Buzynski4c5090420af98824ad786b6dac1f314b9e9f95a8Moritz Saphir (1795–1858) was a humorist, poet, feature writer, and literary and theater critic. In Berlin he established two publications—Berliner Schnellpost and Berliner Courier—which are essential to what became known as Berliner Witz, a journalistic display of biting wit that was very popular with the reading public.