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Kraus, WolfgangKraus, Wolfgang, b. Vienna, Jan. 13, 1924, d. Lienz (Tyrol), Sept. 19, 1998, essayist and cultural journalist. After a career in publishing founded the Austrian Society for Literature Österreichische Gesellschaft für Literatur in 1961 and was its head until 1994. 1975-1981 Head of the Cultural Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Numerous literary broadcasts for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), edited anthologies of works by e.g. O. Wilde, F. Nietzsche and Novalis. A.-Wildgans Prize, 1979; and Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism, 1983. Works: Essays: Der fünfte Stand, 1966; Die stillen Revolutionäre, 1970; Kultur und Macht, 1975; Die verratene Anbetung, 1978; Die Wiederkehr des Einzelnen, 1980; Nihilismus heute, 1983; Die Spuren der Paradiese, 1986; Neuer Kontinent Fernsehen, 1989; Zukunft Europa, 1993; Rettung Kultur - Markierungen zu einem neuen Humanismus, 1999.
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