Karl Kraus Collection 1880-1962 1930-1962

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Karl Kraus Collection 1880-1962 1930-1962

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Known for his bitingly satirical poetry, plays, and essays, the Austrian writer Karl Kraus was born in what is today Jičin, Czech Republic. At the age of three, Kraus and his family moved to Vienna, where he remained for the rest of his life. He is best known as editor of the literary journal (The Torch), which he founded in 1899 and to which he was the sole contributor from 1911 until his death in 1936. Gabriel Rosenrauch, a lawyer from Chernivtsi, Ukraine, collected materials about Kraus and his career, including newspaper articles and essays in German, Yiddish, Hebrew, English, and French written between 1914 and 1962. A few of these were written by well-known authors such as Hermann Hesse and Werner Kraft. The collection features personal photographs of Kraus from throughout his life, as well as photographs of his apartment in Vienna. Also of note are the indexes to Kraus' journal that were composed by Rosenrauch, whose personal correspondence with Kraus archivist Helene Kann is part of the collection. Die Fackel Die Fackel

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Rosenkranz, Moses

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Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936

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Rosenrauch, Gabriel.

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Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-1980

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Austrian-British painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed, autograph postal card signed and greeting card signed : [Villeneuve], to John Rewald, 1961 Jan. 7-1962 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871195 Arno Nadel, the musician, writer and painter, was the author of 1 letter to Kokoschka (transcript); Paul Cassirer (1871-1926), the art dealer and publisher, was the addressee of 1 letter from Kokoschka (transcript). From the description of...