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When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.

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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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Writer
Jicin
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Take
Pens
Fate
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