Karl August Wittfogel

Karl August Wittfogel
Karl Wittfogel in the American Communist newspaper. The Daily Worker, 1926
Born	( 1896-09-06)September 6, 1896 Woltersdorf, Lüchow, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	May 25, 1988(1988-05-25) (aged 91) St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, Manhattan, New York City, US
Nationality	German-American
Occupation(s)	playwright, historian, and sinologist
Academic background
Education	Leipzig University
Academic work
Institutions	Columbia University University of Washington
Notable works	Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power

Karl August Wittfogel (6 September 1896 – 25 May 1988) was a German-American playwright, historian, and sinologist. He was originally a Marxist and an active member of the Communist Party of Germany, but after the Second World War, he was an equally fierce anticommunist.