Karl-Markus Gauß

Karl-Markus Gauß (born 14 May 1954, in Salzburg) is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor.

[2] He very early published literary essays, primarily in the magazine Wiener Tagebuch (Viennese Diary).

[4] In addition, he writes articles and essays for Austrian, German and Swiss newspapers and magazines, such as Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Salzburger Nachrichten, and Die Presse.

One of his main topics are ethnic minorities, some of which aren't sometimes known to the readers even by their name, such as the Aromanians,[6] Roma,[7] Arbëreshë and the Sephardim.

Gauß uses his books very often to present and promote writers from Central and Eastern Europe, who are relatively unknown in Austria and Germany.