Rudolf Kassner

Austrian writer, essayist, translator and cultural philosopher (1873–1959)

Rudolf Kassner (11 September 1873 in Velké Pavlovice – 1 April 1959 in Sierre, Switzerland) 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.