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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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Jicin
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Literature
Without
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Life
Parted
Settled

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