Paul Krassner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

April 9, 1932

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Died

July 21, 2019

Paul Krassner

Biography

Paul Krassner (April 9, 1932 – July 21, 2019) was an American writer and satirist. He was the founder, editor, and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s as a member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and a founding member of the Yippies, a term he is credited with coining. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Krassner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.