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1864–1930
A sharp Viennese journalist and editor, he helped found the influential paper Die Zeit and became known for his lively involvement in liberal public debate. His career moved between literature, politics, and the press at a moment of major change in Austria-Hungary.
Born on November 9, 1864, in Galați and later active in Vienna, Heinrich Kanner was an Austrian writer, journalist, newspaper editor, and public figure. Sources describe him as educated in Vienna and working from the early 1890s as the Vienna correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung.
In 1894, he co-founded the weekly paper Die Zeit together with Isidor Singer and Hermann Bahr. The paper became known for combining cultural writing with political commentary, and for gathering notable contributors from the intellectual life of the period.
Kanner is also remembered for taking part in liberal political discussion in late imperial Austria and for writing on public affairs beyond day-to-day journalism. He died in Vienna in February 1930; sources differ on whether the date was February 15 or February 16, 1930.