Rudolf Kassner was an Austrian writer, essayist, translator and cultural philosopher. Although stricken as an infant with poliomyelitis, Kassner traveled widely to northern Africa, the Sahara, India, Russia, Spain, and throughout Europe.
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Fabio PusterlaAlso won Gottfried-Keller-Preis
Johannes UrzidilAlso won Grand Austrian State Prize for LiteratureEdzard SchaperAlso won Gottfried-Keller-PreisKäte HamburgerAlso won Schiller Memorial Prize
Franz Karl GinzkeyAlso won Grand Austrian State Prize for LiteratureAbout this person
Rudolf Kassner was an Austrian writer, essayist, translator and cultural philosopher. Although stricken as an infant with poliomyelitis, Kassner traveled widely to northern Africa, the Sahara, India, Russia, Spain, and throughout Europe. His translations of William Blake introduced this English romantic poet to German-speaking audiences. His literary career covered six decades, including a period of isolation during the Nazi years in Vienna. His writings on physiognomy reflect his effort to understand the problems of modernity and Man's subsequent disconnectedness from time and place. His later autobiographical writings suggest a brilliant literary mind attempting to make sense of a chaotic post-nuclear world. He was nominated for the Nobel prize for literature thirteen times.
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