What is Paul Krassner?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Paul Krassner | honorific_suffix = | image = Paul Krassner.jpg | alt = | caption = Paul Krassner at [[City Lights Bookstore]] in 2009 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|04|09}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|07|21|1932|4|9}} | death_place = [[Desert Hot Springs, California]], U.S. | occupation = Writer, satirist, activist, comedian | website = {{URL|paulkrassner.com}} }} '''Paul Krassner'''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Krassner|first1=P.|last2=Jacobsen|first2=S.D.|title=Paul Krassner: Founder, Editor, & Contributor, The Realist|journal=In-Sight|date=15 August 2014|issue=6.A|url=http://in-sightjournal.com/2014/08/15/paul-krassner-founder-editor-contributor-the-realist/}}</ref> (April 9, 1932 – July 21, 2019) was an American writer and [[Satire|satirist]]. He was the founder, editor and a contributor to the [[freethought]] magazine ''[[The Realist]]''. Krassner became an important figure in the [[counterculture]] of the 1960s as a member of [[Ken Kesey]]'s [[Merry Pranksters]]. He was a founding member of the [[Youth International Party|Yippies]]. Krassner died on July 21, 2019 in [[Desert Hot Springs, California]] at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/1960s-prankster-paul-krassner-who-named-yippies-dies-at-87/|title=1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87|date=July 21, 2019|website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Krassner, Paul}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American political writers]] [[Category:American political activists]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Comedians from New York City]] [[Category:Journalists from New York City]] {{US-bio