!!!Kassner, Rudolf

b. Velke Pavlovice, Czech Republic (then Gross-Pawlowitz), Sept. 11, 1873, 
d. Sierre (Switzerland), April 1, 1959, cultural philosopher, writer, 
essayist. Since the 1st year of his life partly paralysed; 1938-1945 
forbidden to publish any of his writings. In his complex work he tried 
to interpret the characteristics of living forms physiognomically as 
an expression of the mind. tried repeatedly to analyse and define the 
Austrian character. From 1945 K. lived in Switzerland. Awarded the 
Swiss G. Keller Prize in 1949, the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1953, 
the Schiller Prize in 1955 and the Austrian Decoration for Science and 
Art in 1957.

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Edition: Saemtliche Werke, ed. by E. Zinn and K. E. Bohnenkamp, 10 
vols., 1969-1991.

!Literature
Gespraeche mit R. K., 1960; G. Mayer, Rilke und K., 1960; 
G. Neumann and U. Ott (eds.), R. K. Physiognomik als Wissensform, 
1999.



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