Main News Books Music Fun Links Computer Features Photo Misc Contact Search Karl Kraus Page Back These pages are dedicated to Karl Kraus, an Austrian writer and satirist, who lived from 1874 to 1936. He spent a large part of his life fighting against the hypocrism in the Vienneses society, and was the editor of the magazine Die Fackel (The Torch) for about 36 years. On of his major concerns was the german language and the press. Introduction , gives a short introduction into Kraus' work and his time. Life , short curriculum vitae. Bibliography , books by and about Kraus. Links , links to Kraus-related pages. Quotations , some of his quotations, in German Poems , some of his poems, also in German Inschriften , some of his Inschriften (inscriptions), also in German Die Fackel , pictures of some front pages of original isues.